Turns out, you can’t run in plaid all that well:
Slow and steady did not win “The Amazing Race” for Kate Lewis and Pat Hendrickson.
The reality series’ first-ever lesbian couple was eliminated in Amsterdam during Sunday’s episode after losing precious time during a challenge scouring through thousands of bicycles for a color-coded tag.
Just kidding about the plaid. Turns out, they forfeited when they found out they couldn’t rent a U-Haul in Amsterdam.
ryan
Goddamnit, I haven’t watched this episode yet!
Michael D.
Ooops! I don’t watch the show. I assumed since it was a story on CNN, it was common knowledge. I ruined it for you. Sorry.
Dreggas
And here ya figured it’d be a gay couple losing because they’d still be back packing their shit…
mightygodking
Kate and Pat were a truly lovely couple of people. Being quite possibly the first people in reality television history to grin and say “you know, God really doesn’t care if we win or not” only reinforced that. It was a shame to see them go.
Tara the anti-social social worker
I agree, mgk. I never understood why the show’s creators think we want to see the couples bicker-bicker-bicker. Those two were refreshingly pleasant.
My partner is into these “reality” shows. “The Amazing Race” is all right, but I never could get into “Survivor.” There’s always the scene near the end of the season where the backstabee wails, “You betrayed me! I trusted you! You were the one person that I trusted!” I’m always thinking: “Jeez, don’t you watch the show?”
dreggas
I kinda liked The Next Iron Chef contest but then again I love cooking.
Jon H
What really happened is they said “Hey, we’re in Amsterdam! Why the hell are we running this stupid race? Let’s get high!”
MBL
Yeah, this was exactly the type of pleasant, interesting people who you WANT to see be successful on the show.
I actually thought they’d be the first to go last week. :-)
akaoni
Unfortunately Kate and Pat didn’t really have the physical skills to compete. But they were definately my favorites from the get go. I tend to be a bit biased however.
Now I guess I’ll just have to root for the Goth couple, they’re quite the pair…
Evinfuilt
Besh was robbed. But I fell in love with him with his initial appearance on Iron Chef where he humiliated Batali (of course, giving Besh “Battle Andouille sausage is a bit loaded.)
Still, Simon earned his victory, and I can’t be sad about that.
Bombadil
I wanted to feel that way too, but in that last competition, as good as Besh was, Symon was just that little bit better.
Either one would have made a worth successor to Batali, and it should be interesting to see how Symon does.
Dreggas
Symon has his first battle this weekend. Honestly I thought Symon was better than Besh in many areas. I mean Besh was good but kept reaching back to his lousiana roots whereas Symon experimented a little bit more, I mean just look at the American Cuisine episode where Symon came up with Lobster Hotdogs, that was pretty inventive, same with the meat loaf, even if he could not get the fresh truffles.
Personally I think it could have been kept a lot simpler in some regards and I doubt I would have eaten it but it was creative and yes, Symon did outshine Besh on the final episode.