Slap Microleg #2: Roadblock, flight, Detour, Pit Stop -- thirty minutes into the episode. Given the current time constraints being shown in leg design, I'm expecting next week's Speed Bump to be the riotous return of coin tossing.

*CLAP* Oh dear gawds, now that was a Helltour. The drink mixing required precision lineup, careful angling, total control, and not a single muscle could twitch at any time. The dance mixing required the fortitude to avoid poking out your own eardrums before diving off the balcony just in case it hadn't been enough. Two branches, no survivors.

(It also saves you from the 'no chances to catch up or advance' Slap, because skill (or lack thereof) largely equalized the pack.)

Clap I was totally expecting the first thing seen in Malaysia to be an Hours Of Operation sign. However, that's also one of the reasons I'm frustrated with that first Slap: when you're setting up the potential for an All Night Long leg, stretch it out.

Clap Adjusting the height of the flag on the Roadblock: it's one of those little touches that can mean so much -- suffering.

No hand movement I can't place blame for foot injuries until we know if bare feet were a requirement for being on the bamboo.

No Hand Movement I'm torn between 'It's nice to know that the producers considered Luke's sexuality to be so unimportant that they could go through two seasons without editing it in' and '..this is his third time on the course and we're just finding this out?'

Slap Okay, just what was Luke's option for switching Detour branches: complete memorization of all light and movement patterns? But on the bright side, he didn't have to put up with...

Slap ...that music. Congratulations to the Race producers on finally finding something worse than the Three Latin Backbeats Of Doom. I nearly turned off the episode half a dozen times in an attempt to escape. Breaking the speakers was also an option. Tracking down the composers and feeding them to sharks isn't off the menu yet.

Watch for a ratings drop in the second half-hour. Also a death toll.