Reality Rap-Up
Oh. My. God.
Wow.
So I just watched the season finale of the Amazing Race this weekend. (I’d taped it Tuesday since I was watching the Veronica Mars season finale at the same time that day.) It’s the first season that I’ve watched the show and so I wasn’t expecting it to be at all what it was. What it was, was plainly put, the most exciting, edge-of-your-seat, roller coast ride 2 hours I have ever experienced in my TV viewing history. I mean, there were moments there that I went “There’s no way the producers didn’t plan that and make that happen!”
For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, be forewarned that spoilers lie ahead.
For instance, Rob and Amber managed to get on this early flight to Miami. And the doors to the plane actually closed. And Uchenna and Joyce were right behind them and missed the plane and actually saw the walkway pulling back in towards the airport, away from the plane. They were asking the ground staff, “Isn’t there anything we can do? We really need to be on that plane!” and lo and behold, a mind numbing 10-15 minutes later, they actually bring the walkway back to the plane and open the doors to let them on!! I have NEVER in my life heard of that happening. And yet it did for them.
But I mean really, Uchenna and Joyce started the two hours in first place, and then through a series of errors/misjudgements, ended up in last place, but with all their possessions and funds stripped. All they had were the clothes on their back. So for the last hour, they were begging for money from strangers, even asking an ambulance waiting on standby to give them a ride (with unsuccessful results). And yet through all that, they stayed positive, they stayed kind to each other and to their teammates, and managed to come in first.
Seriously though, no one deserves it more than them. I want to be like them. They’ve been through so much – both of them have been laid off, they’re struggling to start a family, they’ve been questioning their marriage…it’s one of those situations you just think, “God, can’t you please, just give them a break! Give them this one thing!” And like I said, though they entered this thing with problems in their marriage, it took something like this with the stress and the pressure to realize that they really did love each other, and that this actually brought them together. (Unlike Ron & Kelly, but that’s a whole ‘nother story.) I think going a challenge and facing adversity like this as a couple really opens your eyes and shows you whether or not you’re meant to be together. I mean sure, they had problems at home, but they didn’t realize that in order to face them, they had to be a team – which, being the whole purpose and point of this race, taught them that anything they needed to face, they could face it (and overcome it) together. Hell, Joyce even shaved off her hair to make it through. Talk about taking one for the team – and Uchenna was so amazingly supportive through it all. What an amazing man!
I’m so incredibly proud of them!
And on a similarly related note…watched the end of Survivor last night as well. Again, spoilers to come, so skip the next few paragraphs if you haven’t seen it.
It was nowhere near the roller coaster ride that Amazing Race was. But still, 12 hours standing on that buoy. Man, I gotta hand it to Tom and Ian. Those guys are real troopers right there. Do you think they even realized they had the option to barter a deal or did neither one of them want to barter with the other? I mean, maybe Ian didn’t venture anything because he doubted that Tom would believe him anyway…which was why Tom made the first deal, but obviously Ian didn’t buy that either. He figured Tom was going to play him to pay him back for his renegating on his word with/for Tom previously. Which was why he did the only thing he could do – sacrifice himself. I think he did do it for the greater good – to gain Katie and Tom’s respect and trust back and to regain their friendship – but I think he also knew that there was no way that either one of them would be able to believeably offer a deal to let the other one go with them to tribal council if they gave up.
I knew Katie had basically coasted her way through to the final two, but I was amazed at how brutal her jury members were on her. I mean, really. I think Greg was downright cruel. He called her pathetic, lazy, and worthless. Geez, tell us how you really feel! I felt bad for her. I mean, if you say that she didn’t do anything around camp and sat out most of the challenges, that’s fine, but leave it at that and don’t start with the personal attacks, because that’s just not fair. It’s just way too harsh.
But I’m glad Tom ended up winning, because he SO totally deserved it. Kudos to him and a super big Kudos to Uchenna and Joyce. Both played well, played hard and deserved everything they got.
Wow.
So I just watched the season finale of the Amazing Race this weekend. (I’d taped it Tuesday since I was watching the Veronica Mars season finale at the same time that day.) It’s the first season that I’ve watched the show and so I wasn’t expecting it to be at all what it was. What it was, was plainly put, the most exciting, edge-of-your-seat, roller coast ride 2 hours I have ever experienced in my TV viewing history. I mean, there were moments there that I went “There’s no way the producers didn’t plan that and make that happen!”
For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, be forewarned that spoilers lie ahead.
For instance, Rob and Amber managed to get on this early flight to Miami. And the doors to the plane actually closed. And Uchenna and Joyce were right behind them and missed the plane and actually saw the walkway pulling back in towards the airport, away from the plane. They were asking the ground staff, “Isn’t there anything we can do? We really need to be on that plane!” and lo and behold, a mind numbing 10-15 minutes later, they actually bring the walkway back to the plane and open the doors to let them on!! I have NEVER in my life heard of that happening. And yet it did for them.
But I mean really, Uchenna and Joyce started the two hours in first place, and then through a series of errors/misjudgements, ended up in last place, but with all their possessions and funds stripped. All they had were the clothes on their back. So for the last hour, they were begging for money from strangers, even asking an ambulance waiting on standby to give them a ride (with unsuccessful results). And yet through all that, they stayed positive, they stayed kind to each other and to their teammates, and managed to come in first.
Seriously though, no one deserves it more than them. I want to be like them. They’ve been through so much – both of them have been laid off, they’re struggling to start a family, they’ve been questioning their marriage…it’s one of those situations you just think, “God, can’t you please, just give them a break! Give them this one thing!” And like I said, though they entered this thing with problems in their marriage, it took something like this with the stress and the pressure to realize that they really did love each other, and that this actually brought them together. (Unlike Ron & Kelly, but that’s a whole ‘nother story.) I think going a challenge and facing adversity like this as a couple really opens your eyes and shows you whether or not you’re meant to be together. I mean sure, they had problems at home, but they didn’t realize that in order to face them, they had to be a team – which, being the whole purpose and point of this race, taught them that anything they needed to face, they could face it (and overcome it) together. Hell, Joyce even shaved off her hair to make it through. Talk about taking one for the team – and Uchenna was so amazingly supportive through it all. What an amazing man!
I’m so incredibly proud of them!
And on a similarly related note…watched the end of Survivor last night as well. Again, spoilers to come, so skip the next few paragraphs if you haven’t seen it.
It was nowhere near the roller coaster ride that Amazing Race was. But still, 12 hours standing on that buoy. Man, I gotta hand it to Tom and Ian. Those guys are real troopers right there. Do you think they even realized they had the option to barter a deal or did neither one of them want to barter with the other? I mean, maybe Ian didn’t venture anything because he doubted that Tom would believe him anyway…which was why Tom made the first deal, but obviously Ian didn’t buy that either. He figured Tom was going to play him to pay him back for his renegating on his word with/for Tom previously. Which was why he did the only thing he could do – sacrifice himself. I think he did do it for the greater good – to gain Katie and Tom’s respect and trust back and to regain their friendship – but I think he also knew that there was no way that either one of them would be able to believeably offer a deal to let the other one go with them to tribal council if they gave up.
I knew Katie had basically coasted her way through to the final two, but I was amazed at how brutal her jury members were on her. I mean, really. I think Greg was downright cruel. He called her pathetic, lazy, and worthless. Geez, tell us how you really feel! I felt bad for her. I mean, if you say that she didn’t do anything around camp and sat out most of the challenges, that’s fine, but leave it at that and don’t start with the personal attacks, because that’s just not fair. It’s just way too harsh.
But I’m glad Tom ended up winning, because he SO totally deserved it. Kudos to him and a super big Kudos to Uchenna and Joyce. Both played well, played hard and deserved everything they got.
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