"unfortunately, you were right. you could tell that there was no way they were catching up. But the rest of the episode was good."

It's sad to see two of the more mature, energetic and resourceful players go out, on a questionable ruling with a huge penalty. The rest of the episode was OK but, as predicted, it lacked some vital suspense at the end.

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"Since the Yield, intersection and U Turn have had mixed reviews, I have thought of one that would go the opposite direction. Not sure what to call it, but it would work like this. The team getting to box first would have the option of a team behind them getting a pass on the next task(roadblock or detour). By doing this, the team if they get to the Pitstop before the last team, they would receive a 30 min head start towards the next leg.

I believe this could be a benefit to the team using it and some excitement to trailing teams, and make alliances more beneficial."

Cool ;D

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There was no clue to physically collect. You didnt even have to write it down if you didnt feel like it. Since they completed the entire task, they were fine.

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Actually the penalty wouldn't have helped since Joyce and Uchenna were WAY behind since they missed their connection in Frankfurt. Even if both Charla and Mirna and Eric and Danielle were given the time penalty it probably didn't make much of a difference.

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I read some where on the CBS site that producers and what not are always around clue boxes to make sure that they aren't vandalized or whatnot. Clues might not actually be placed in the box until a team is approaching. In the case where there could be hours between the first and last team to get there, the boxes have to be monitored.

Actually, I noticed this season that there always seemed to be clues left in the boxes. I think this is being done so that racers can't calculate their true place in the race. This was the case even for the last episode when everyone knew their place, for the most part.

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There's also nothing in the rules about Detours that says that the two team members have to participate equally in the task. If I'm allergic to peanuts and my partner and I find ourselves faced with a Detour choice Peanut Gallery or Peanut Butter (In Peanut Gallery, one team member must stuff 30 peanuts in their mouth while their teammate paints their picture. There's nothing difficult about the task, but teams with limited artistic talent... could take a long time. In Peanut Butter, teams need to find a clue hidden in a 50 gallon vat of peanut butter. Teams that get lucky can finish fast, but they risk sticking to the upholstery of their car.) I can either pick up a paint brush, or just sit out and let my partner stick to the roof of the car.

More likely, the producers just stay away from anything likely to cause an allergic reaction. Not counting Hungarian spicy soup and caviar, can you think of a task involving something that could provoke a medical reaction? Maybe diabetics biting chocolates and licorice-filled cookies, but teams saw these things coming ahead of time.

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Actually, there have only been two Roadblocks in the first leg of any of the American races.

There was one in Season 1, but it didn't make it to air because it didn't affect placement of any teams, and there were more interesting things to see in the time they had. (It was the same eat-a-whole-ostrich-egg Roadblock they used in Season 5, the last time they visited Tanzania.) The other one was the fish eye Roadblock in the oh-so-backwards Season 10. A Detour and a couple of vanilla Route Markers is the norm, not the exception.

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