. . . which means they were knee-level for everyone else, which is probably why he found so many of them

I came to the same conclusion when watching the previews. Grade school animosity > logic and strategy. (Which, in this case, is fine because I'd love to see Team BB and/or Team Border Patrol gone ASAP.)

I don't know about the UK Kit Kats but the "normal" Japanese Kit Kats (yes, they do come in original Kit Kat flavor too) are very good. The chocolate they use is not the waxy, tasteless horrible stuff they use over here.

I think Amazing Race history is shaping into a warning for future racers: if you ever see a Detour with an option containing the words "build" and "pyramid", run very quickly in the opposite direction.

My heart nearly arrested when Sorority Dazzler's desperate, desperate mother launched herself at Carson Daly. Like, with both feet well off the ground. Props to him for staying upright, although it would have been far funnier if he hadn't.

"Brendan will be trying to pry her out of the bushes for hours."

True, but do the windows spontaneously combust?

PHIL'S HAT.

I remember reading a quick blurb a week ago where Phil said they wanted
more drama this season. I can see that now looking at the cast. Le sigh.
You know, I get that people like seeing drama and train wrecks, but I
also think people like seeing relatable "normal" people they can cheer
on with guilt-free earnest.

I'm not really sure why the show went out of its way to paint these two as "southern country girls" when they were obviously in someone's suburban back yard with a few gardening implements and a couple of chickens. I'm assuming most southern country girls don't chase chickens willy-nilly around the yard, and then…

Totally, Murray—Present. What I thought strange was that they waited so long to finally reveal her face. It really messed with my perception of TV timing, because the longer they took with the decapitating shots (well into her performance) the more I felt they were upping the ante.

I disagree . . . she definitely deserved to be there over Fairplay, whose ass she soundly kicked in the final immunity challenge, and whose aforementioned ass she voted out the next night.

This episode was worth it just for Andy/Tommy's practical demonstration of butterfingers when they tried to rip open the clue.

Didn't she get really super sick before the vote?

When do you ever ask someone how to spell their name? Even if you're positive they're going, there's no need: it just makes the individual more paranoid and/or resentful.

Yeah, I remember two other instances of this challenge, although I couldn't tell you from which seasons.

The more this show goes on, the more he intervenes at TC. If he was being impartial, that would be one thing, but he's not. He often restates what someone has said and puts his own slant to it. Like last night when he asked Cochrane to smile, and Cochrane obliges, and then says "That's more of a grimace." Probst…

If Savaii did throw the next challenge to get rid of Ozzy (which I agree won't happen), I would take great delight in that delicious slice of irony. An irony sandwich, really. Ozzy's first Survivor move tied into his last.

I couldn't understand anything she said at all. I think she effectively communicated the "Benjamin is the boss and Albert & Sophie are in cahoots" but after that . . . I think all her fury and her "I'm sassy!"ness robbed her of her ability to elucidate.