Until further information comes in, I'd be all right with a Gary & Mallory victory added to your group. But our odds are pretty long -- and I'm very worried about Alpha Male Syndrome taking control of the course. A lot's going to depend on task setup and the amount of mental agility required vs. direct physical. We may need a couple of dozen search tasks just to even everything out.

...I don't believe I just said that.

And to think, it would still have been possible for the producers to do a worse job of casting...

Caite Upton, anyone? Or maybe Carol and Brandy?

Phil's eyebrow is going to get a workout this season.

As long as Margie & Luke don't win, I'll be willing to watch future seasons of TAR. I'm not a big fan of LaKisha & Jen, nor do I look forward to another season of Ron & Christina either. Wins by any of the other remaining teams would inspire varying levels of distaste but would generally be tolerable.

Gary Ervin and Mallory Ervin

Overall I liked them, Gary was a real competitor and Mallory was perky in a good way.

Jet McCoy and Cord McCoy

Didn't learn about the homophobia until after the race, overall I think I like them as well. However we shall have to see what the edit is like.

Nathaniel "The Big Easy" Lofton and Herbert "Flight Time" Lang

To be fair I quite liked the shorter one, however this still strikes me as the worst sort of stunt casting and I would be irked if they were to win.

Zev Glassenberg and Justin Kanew

Unfortunate way to go out and they raced well, I don't remember feeling the lvoe, but I wouldn't be sad if they won.

Cara Rosenthal and Jaime Edmondson

Loud and annoying, the only interesting thing about them was the Dweeze lust.

Amanda Blackledge and Kris Klicka

I still think that was the third worst elimination in TAR history, two very difficult tasks together, the team that got U-Turned didn't have a hope. I still laugh at Klicka for some reason, would really enjoy them winning.

Jennifer Hoffman and LaKisha Hoffman

Fight, fight, fight, hopefully no swimming this time. Hopefully no winning either.

Margie Adams and Luke Adams

I really liked them at the start of their race, although Luke did turn into a whiny little boy. Overall I would prefer they not win, although the editing could change that.

Mel White and Mike White

Great guys, no chance in the race. Although I would be OK with them winning

Kynt Cothron and Vyxsin Fiala

Kynt is an idiot, but again I liked them, quite happy to see them win.

Ronald Hsu and Christina Hsu

Christina was hot, if Ronald has stopped demeaning her I would be happy for them to win as well!

So at the moment I like or could like almost all the teams, this may be an enjoyable race.

Hmph. So I'm officially the only Brian and Ericka fan on the planet. I guess chocolate does, in fact, melt.

Let's review:

Gary and Mallory - I liked these two, actually. That said, they have a good a chance of winning as the Dolphins do of making next year's Super Bowl with Dumbo the Elephant at quarterback.

Jet and Cord - So apparently, they referred to Dan and Jordan by some pretty nasty names. Maybe their excuse is that they thought the brothers were cigarettes. The joke's on them - they got smoked.

Flight Time and Big Easy - Cast for entertainment value, I presume. Pick up the phone - "F." Now pick it up again - "A." Now "I." Now "L." Rearrange those to form a word - it starts with an F; that's all I'm saying.

Zev and Justin - My suggestion: Staple your passports to the palms of your hands. This should be effective both at keeping you in the race and giving the audience a few yuks.

Cara and Jaime - "911, what's your emergency?" "The other teams speak the language here! What are we going to do?" "Umm, you do know this is an English-speaking country, right?" "I know! It's not fair!"

Amanda and Kris - I think they mean an Amanda and Kris from a long time ago. Because my memory doesn't go back that far, and I'm too damn lazy to look it up. Suffice it today, unless they're as entertaining as Chicken George in Big Brother: All-Stars, I'll be fast-forwarding through this team.

Jennifer and LaKisha - a.k.a. Shut the Hell Up and Shut the Fvck Up. I present your luxury item for this time: Depends. Use them once during the Race.

Margie and Luke - Margie was upset that the show didn't even mention that Luke was gay. Sorry, but between "deaf" and "annoying," we just didn't have time to work in "gay." Or much of anything else besides "annoying."

Mel and Mike - Also cast for entertainment value, I presume. Because they have about as much chance to win this Race as Russell has of winning Survivor: Redemption Island.

Kynt and Vyxsin - I present to you your luxury item for this Race: Spellcheck. And I present to Vyxsin a competent partner - oh wait, still stuck with Kynt. Never mind. Maybe in TAR 27: Washed-Up DAW Edition.

Ron and Chris - For Ron, I present an entire bottle of chill pills, and for Chris, I present Vyxsin as a partner. Maybe Ron and Kynt can kill each other. That might make for good TV, at least until Phil has to fly back to the starting mat to Philiminate these two because they can't find their car.

LAST EDITED ON 01-25-11 AT 02:11 PM (EST)

So I'm officially the only Brian and Ericka fan on the planet.

My only major objection to them was the way she kept slicing off his limbs. The argument against them is that there really isn't much of an 'unfinished business' angle to their story -- but that's also the problem with pretty much everybody.

Gary & Mallory: I liked them in their season. I just hope they do better with navigation -- including asking locals a whole lot sooner than they did in Oman!

Jet & Cord: well, homophobia isn't a good thing. I still like them but they're a little too much like Alpha Males and I want a non-Alpha Male team to win more.

Flight Time and Big Easy: next time, do memory exercises! Or choose someone who has a good memory to do the memory Roadblocks.

Zev & Justin: I wanted this team to win because Zev & I both have Asperger's Syndrome. I hope they learned to take better care of their possessions!

Amanda & Kris: well, Margie & Luke had good reason to U-Turn Amanda & Kris. Still, I liked them so it was a shame to see them go early.

Cara & Jaime: I liked Cara. I soon stopped liking Jaime. For their sake, I hope Jaime learned how to deal with language and culture differences, or I'll soon wish them gone -- even Cara!

Kisha & Jen: if only they didn't get the U-Turn, have trouble with the Roadblock, have to go to the bathroom, and have their taxi cab driver drop them off in the wrong place, they might have been in the finals! Maybe they'll do better here.

Margie & Luke: they were probably added because of their rivalry with Kisha & Jen. But I think having Carol & Brandy and Brent & Caitie would've been a better rivalry.

Mel & Mike: Doomed. It's too bad.

Kynt & Vyksin: I liked them but I liked Ron & Christina more. And with both teams in the Race, this team won't be the one I'm rooting for.

Ron & Christina: I hope Ron will show that he learned how to treat Christina better during this Race, especially since I wanted them to win in their season!

Not to mention one of the worst parts of having Luke and his mom back is that it doesn't even help to stick your fingers in your ears when they are on camera!!!

IF I do NOT watch this season, it will be due to THAT couple...

did I mention I'm really not crazy about mommy's boys????