Double Trouble!

1. Caite & Brent - looks like I'm the only one that likes them. If they are eliminated, the finals will be quite the sausage fest.
2. Cowboys -- is there nothing they aren't good at?
3. Louie & Michael -- Okay, I'll give them that the fashion shouldn't have been their forte, but shouldn't detectives be able to solve a puzzle? Isn't that what detectives do - put the pieces together?
4. Dan & Jordan -- Crying over the pasta challenge? That was a bit over the top.

You are not the only one that likes Caite & Brent. I also like this team; mostly Caite. While many people feel that she is prejudiced toward lesbians, I am dismayed that some fans can’t seem to put 2+2 together to conclude that it is the cowboys who would be much more homophobic. It seems that anything that isn’t “southern/home on the ranch/good ol’ boy/traditional” is considered unnatural to the cowboys and they shun it. I was concerned with the things they said during the fashion challenge. And, I found the discussion over the usage of the word TRANQUIL to be very odd. If a straight cowboy can’t use the word tranquil without being ostracized, then the mere existence of lesbians has got to be problematic.

I found the love/hug fest between the brothers during the pasta challenge to be a little disturbing. Perhaps they were acting for the camera, but the scene made me a little uncomfortable. I don’t know many (read: ANY) brothers who act like that. It was too much. We have seen far more difficult challenges than this one. I got the impression from that scene that Dan enables Jordan. Furthermore, Jordan helped support the false stereotype that gay men are emotionally weak and will experience a soap-opera styled meltdown during any minor occurrence. I’m not saying that he is not allowed to cry, as that moment could have been the culmination of an entire series of events. But, c’mon Jordan!

Did you feel like Cord really didn't know what it meant? At first I thought that too, but then he asked about "tranquility," so I got the impression it wasn't so much he didn't know the word, but more that he was surprised that Jet used the word.

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My impression was that while he had heard the word tranquility before he hadn't heard the word tranquil.

Gotcha. Sometimes it's hard for me to tell when they're joking.

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I thought they were just teasing each other. And it was nothing more than poking fun.

Not that I have an opinion one way or another ;)
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1. Jet/Cord - I grow ever fonder of the Cowboys despite Cord's ignorance of the word tranquil. The first thing I thought was how I bragged him up last week for being smarter than perceived. Then I thought, My gravy, he's still smart; he just doesn't have a broad vocabulary! Vocabulary does not a genius make. I was way proud when he observed Brent's hissy fit and acknowledged that yeah, I'm frustrated, but having a fit won't help the situation. **And yeah, that was the first I heard of Jet being a married father and Cord being newly engaged. I bet their ladies are missing them very much. Maybe when they bring home a million dollars, it will all be worth it.

2. Dan/Jordan - I grow ever fonder of brotherly love. When Dan came over to give Jordan a hug and encourage him I almost cried. I don't know if I have ever seen that kind of support during a task. I'm with the person above who said if they won it would not be overly upsetting.

TIED AGAIN FOR BOTTOM: The daddys and their cubs. Stop bragging so much! "I'm the only girl left." "We're brilliant!" Yeah, it shows. They say they should be feared and indeed, I think they should -- but not for the reasons they think.

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1. Jet and Cord (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1) - Rarely has a team stayed number one for me the whole time, which probably means they won't win. But I like their comments and they get along well with each other - I don't think we've seen them even argue.
2. Dan and Jordan (6,6,4,4,5,4,3,2,2) - Wait, your teammate was struggling at a task and you supported him instead of yelling at him? Amazing.
3. Louie and Michael (8,7,7,6,3,3,4,4,3) - Can't see the building right in front of you and apparently have never done a puzzle before (search for one piece at a time???). But they still think they're awesome.
4. Caite and Brent (9,8,6,5,6,6,6,5,4) - Yeah, no one believed your apology. Even Brent seems tired of this team.

Philiminated: In the surprise of the century, no one.

Here are my rankings:

1. Jet & Cord -- is there anything this team can't do?

Gap --

2. Dan & Jordan -- Jordan shouldn't have whined, but Dan was sweet to him.

Big Gap --

3. Brent & Caitie -- did pretty well this leg, so I rank them higher.

4. Louie & Michael -- this was not a good leg for you two.

1. Team Living the Dream - Dan's encouragement as Jordan struggled with the noodles was a stark contrast to Brute nagging at Bitch throughout the entire challenge.

2. Team Get a Clue - These two wouldn't even be able to figure out who killed Mr. Boddy with a candlestick in the conservatory, let alone solve a real crime. How they made it this far in the Race is a mystery.

3. Team Dueling Banjos - The duh-tectives saw Jordan in action at the fashion challenge, so they at least had some reason to make a comment about him being in his element. You two rubes, on the other hand, offered ignorant commentary that because Jordan is gay that he would be good at that challenge once he arrived. You've benefited from a rather positive edit that depicts you as wholesome guys uncorrupted by the larger world, but the flip side of that could have been some stereotypes that you would not necessarily appreciate.

4. The Brute and the Bitch - Go away! If Dan and Jordan don't end up winning, then I hope you two lose to Plane and Cable so you can see exactly how "smart" your U-Turn decision was.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was rubbed the wrong way by that comment.

1. Jet & Cord
2. Dan & Jordan
3. Caite & Brent
4. Louis & Michael - I knew it was too good too be true.

A Gift from Agman

1 Jet and Cord
2 Dan and Jordan
3 Louie and Micheal
4 Brent and Caitie

Week Ten Results

Looks like the lvoe list has solidified - matching last week exactly. Jet & Cord have taken root in the first place spot and doesn't look like they will be leaving unless they are philiminated. Dan & Jordan get a little lvoe and second place followed by the nearly universally unlvoed Michael & Louie and Caite & Brent - nearly as mikey and milkachulina have found something in Caite & Brent that the rest of us haven't.