The Amazing Race 16--Episode 9--Hate Is All Around, No Need to Waste It

Now I hate Team Such As AND Carol and Brandy AND the Daddy Wolves/Undercover Guys. Well, not Brandy, but Carol needs to get a life. I love Dan and Jordan like I've loved very few TAR teams and I still love the cowboys. I hated Team Such As from the beginning, but did they have to go on and on about U-Turning the lesbians. Then Carol would just not shut up about how stupid Brent and Caite are. OK, I still think they're dumb as a pile of wet leaves too, but they smoked your asses, ladies. Carol really lost it for me entirely when she couldn't conceive why Team Such As would U-Turn them and then failed to show an ounce of prespective after being eliminated. Most teams talk about how much they enjoyed the race and each other and how they got to see so many many incredible places and people here on God's earth, but these two just bitched till the bitter end.

I now hate Michael and Louis because they were gonna steal Carol and Brandy's cab (Michael to Singapore cabbie: "They are mean, they'll be mean to you." Meaning what? They won't tip him?) Plus they're using Brent and Caite to get rid of Carol and Brandy. I think they couldn't use the U turn again because they had already U Turned the King of Siam and his vassal Tuptim, otherwise known as Joe and Heidi. I pray the cops have to do something really nasty to their wolf cubs on the next leg. Okay, hate's a strong word. I don't like that they act all friendly and decent when they'd stab any other team in the back to get ahead.

The two "nice" teams left are the two sets of brothers. I loved what Dan and Jordan said about not elbowing anyone else and just concentrating on running the race their own way. They proved that by coming from last place in the previous episode, getting to the clue first in Singapore and taking advantage of the fast forward. (Remember when every leg of the race had a fast forward? I think this was the only leg that had both a fast forward and a U Turn.) Jordan overcame his fear of heights on that giant ferris wheel which reminded me of the London Eye.

Other observations: The cowboys are always wearing those tight jeans and thick T-shirts. Didn't they pack any shorts so they wouldn't sweat so much in the tropical climates? I've been to Bangkok and, man, is it hot there.

Nice that they used the host of The Amazing Race Asia for a cameo, but it would have been interesting to see clips from that show. Maybe on the CBS website?

Now I have to wait two weeks because of the stupid Country Music Awards pre-empting the next episode. I wonder how much they paid Jet and Cord to do the promo? We're up to episode nine and they are only four teams left. CBS better not be cutting back on the number of episodes along with the plane trips. There are supposed to be 12 segments; that leaves three more. How is this gonna work? A two-parter? One more non-elimination? Everybody pray Team Such As gets the boot, they must not prove stupidity wins the day. Sarah Palin has already done enough damage in that department.

Day 15--Bus from Penang to Kuala Lumpur, to train for Singapore which doesn't leave until 9:30 PM.

Day 16--Arrive in Singapore, Dan and Jordan do fast-forward, other teams ice cream or drums, count chains, zip-line

Louie and Michael--three wins, Loot: two Discover Cards worth $5,000 each, two 55-inch HD TVs, trip to Cancun
Jet and Cord--three wins, Loot: two sailboats, trip to Patagonia, trip to Maui
Dan and Jordan--one win, Loot: two motorbikes
Jeff and Jordan--one win, Loot: trip to Vancouver
Steve and Allie--one win, Loot: $7,000 each, relaxing dinner and massage on the beach and "all the 7-Up they can drink"