Due to lack of sufficient posts, I am creating a Season 17 wide discussion thread for The Amazing Race Season 17. Please bump this thread up each Sunday to discuss new episodes of The Amazing Race.
The Amazing Race Season 17 - (Season Wide Discussion)
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"Fast forward taken, what does that mean?" 
Where did they get that team?
You'd think that most teams would know that you don't bother going for the fast forward if you weren't the first team (or one of the first) to arrive at the clue box with the FF directions. By the time you get there, it's pretty much guaranteed to be gone.
Where did they get that team?You'd think that most teams would know that you don't bother going for the fast forward if you weren't the first team (or one of the first) to arrive at the clue box with the FF directions. By the time you get there, it's pretty much guaranteed to be gone.
Well they left the Pit Stop an hour and a half before the last team, so that gave them still a huge lead over the last team.
But yeah, this team is seriously the most clueless team thats ever raced.
I mean seriously bad. I wonder if they have even watched the show before. Because there is no reason not to understand the Fast Forward.
Oh and here's a question why is it with dating couples it is almost always the women who is clueless. I mean seriously clueless.
I can understand some women not being able to physically match some of their male partners, but seriously there is no legitimate reasons for them to be (on appearance) dumber.
But yeah, this team is seriously the most clueless team thats ever raced.
I mean seriously bad. I wonder if they have even watched the show before. Because there is no reason not to understand the Fast Forward.
Oh and here's a question why is it with dating couples it is almost always the women who is clueless. I mean seriously clueless.
I can understand some women not being able to physically match some of their male partners, but seriously there is no legitimate reasons for them to be (on appearance) dumber.
I hate to see the Volleyball girls go, they were cute. I too laughed at "Fast forward taken, what does that mean?" lol I mean seriously, and she still doesn't get what that meant? lol
The tasks weren't that ominous, they actually seemed relatively easy, just physical.
I still don't know who I'm rooting for.
The tasks weren't that ominous, they actually seemed relatively easy, just physical.
I still don't know who I'm rooting for.
It's always the clueless women matched with the overly aggressive and downright rude men. These are my least favorite types of teams.
Bump for this week. 
Argh... why did this have to be a non-elimination leg?! Nick & Vicki could have been out!
I think I would have done the movies side of the detour this time. Don't think I would have the patience to figure out 3 different compositions from a room full of pianos.
Argh... why did this have to be a non-elimination leg?! Nick & Vicki could have been out!
I think I would have done the movies side of the detour this time. Don't think I would have the patience to figure out 3 different compositions from a room full of pianos.
Wow those detours were hard, but once you figured out the trick to both it seemed easy, I guess the trick was figuring out the trick i.e. you could just read the words on the reel, or you could just focus on one piano piece at a time.
It was no surprise it was a non elim, we all knew it was coming, it seemed like the right time.
I do want to see nick and vicki go though.
It was no surprise it was a non elim, we all knew it was coming, it seemed like the right time.
I do want to see nick and vicki go though.
I've never seen two people more confused in my life. "What does "taken" mean?" "Should we wait?" "It said the fast forward was taken...I mean, it wasn't "taken"..."
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I haven't commented much on this season of TAR for some reason, but I've continued to watch. Liked last night's episode, even though I have a hard time understanding how a team that doesn't know what "Taken" means was able to figure out the trick to the music detour. I really do wish they had timestamps when they say like, "So and so team in first place" when they get a clue because it seems like time is irrelavent on this show. Also, they must of been very far behind because it was almost nightfall and we learned from the episode that darkness falls quite late.
As for the rest of the season, it's been ok I guess. Really hope that Nat and Kat win even though I'm also rooting for Brooke and Claire. Both teams just seem like they're having a good time and for a vegetarian to eat meat for the first time in 22 years and not complain takes good guts to do.
As for the rest of the season, it's been ok I guess. Really hope that Nat and Kat win even though I'm also rooting for Brooke and Claire. Both teams just seem like they're having a good time and for a vegetarian to eat meat for the first time in 22 years and not complain takes good guts to do.
They don't include the times in order to increase the tension and make it look like they're all closer than they actually are. Not that place matters much anyway.
I was impressed this week by the fact that Nick and Vikki were the only team to figure out the trick to the music detour (that's what I thought everyone should have done from the start), but they completely wasted it by switching twice. I'm confident they'll crash and burn properly soon, though.
I'm also cheering for the doctors, for what it's worth. They're smart, and strong racers, and it'd be great to see an all-female team finally win.
I'm also cheering for the doctors, for what it's worth. They're smart, and strong racers, and it'd be great to see an all-female team finally win.
The father and son team seem to be doing exceptionally well at getting to places quickly. Often they aren't the fastest at the challenges but even when they leave behind several other teams they end up getting to the next destination faster than them. That's a good skill, or perhaps luck, to have, as this race seems to be lost in the travel times between places, not in the actual challenges.
I always add an extra hour to my amazing race recordings. It's one of the most often-delayed shows on tv.
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