The Amazing Race All Stars Recap

By Daron Aldridge

March 21, 2011

No, Phil, we are not interested in a consolation threesome.

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Ron gets on his high horse about them lying about the penalty earlier but I think that it was a solid strategic play. This is a game, after all, and it is well within the rules of the game to keep secrets and strategies to yourself.

One by one the teams hit the Roadblock and it is clear the U-Turns were of little consequence, other than to annoy the teams affected. Jet & Cord get there in fifth with Jet on dino duty and the Globetrotters have recovered nicely by getting to the Roadblock in sixth. Big Easy decides to take on the big lizard and Jaime is up for the cheerleaders.

It may look like Zev & Justin and Gary & Mallory have fallen in last because their cabbies hadn’t a clue where the Stone Forest was. The reality is when Justin and Gary head to do the Roadblock as the last two teams; no one is really out front at the task. That’s because one of the conditions of the dinosaur assembly is that they can be stopped at any time, if it is unsafely built. This seems to be more common than not.

The task was apparently too intimidating for Gary & Mallory, given their last placement, and they wisely pull the Express Pass out of their back pocket. They get to head straightaway to the Pitstop at Green Lake Park in Kunming.




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Mallory does declare that they have to get first now that they burned their Express Pass and you would think that was a sure thing. Too bad Jet is the first one done with the Roadblock and the cowboys could easily overtake them now. The hits just keep on coming for Gary & Mallory as they have to find another cab, since theirs left them. Their misfortune means fortune for Jet & Cord as the cowboys hit the mat in first place and are rewarded with $5,000 each. Gary & Mallory may not have gotten first but a second place finish thanks to their Express Pass is welcomed. They sat on this advantage and played it perfectly in my opinion.

Margie & Luke have completed the Roadblock now and really have no competition for third place. And they are checked in as such. Dinosaur follies continue for everyone and the sisters are next out of the task with Kent & Vyxsin are behind them.

Big Easy gets through it next as the Kisha & Jen are checked in as number four thanks to the Goths’ penalty, which has them cooling their jets off to the side. Fortuitously for them,the Goths’ time expires just before the Globetrotters arrive, so they are checked in as number five and number six respectively.

Christina and Justin finish neck and neck and that is exactly how they hit the mat. In last place and still at the Roadblock, Jaime gets continuously denied by the judge/paleontologist. This means that in this one task, Jaime has heard the word “No” from a nerdy scientist more than she has probably ever heard it in her life. With no drama whatsoever, the cheerleaders are eliminated and the race just got a whole lot less attractive. Phil seems just as saddened by this as the rest of the XY viewers.

I am disappointed that Kent & Vyxsin were able to rebound but I stand by my assessment that they are their own worst enemies. Maybe next week’s trip to Calcutta will prove me right.


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