this is the thread where we talk breathlessly about the best TV show on North American television: THE AMAZING RACE!

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Freddy and Kendra, oh man. Hey lady, if you can talk, you're breathing.

So painfully OTM, Huk-L

I'm glad J & V lost. And I'm glad they finally said "may be eliminated" instead of "will be" but Philiminated someone nonetheless.

Also, they must have had to do some task near the Chicago Fire Academy or Manny's Deli on the near SW side, which was not aired, because they were near Jefferson & Roosevelt when they hailed their cabs to Gino's East, not anywhere near the Water Tower.

Props to the teams for finding that park at the end, though; I would have guessed Chinatown, but I had never heard of that place before.

KKKendra and Freddy won, which is a bummer. John and Kris were so obviously the nicer, stronger team.

But tonight's episode was worth it to see Dave Grohl Hayden losing her shit.

Now that you mention it, Hayden does look a lot like Dave Grohl.

- Adam (to Kris): "You in raging bitch mode is like her..." gestures at Rebecca "...on a good day". Cue hurt and bewildered look on Rebecca's face (and yet, stangely, no follow-up).

- Rebecca (rowing), to "formerly dating" teammate: "Nice long strokes, Adam" (Heh.)

- Racist Kendra, upon arriving at the 2,000 year-old Terracotta Army in Xi'an, China, an archaelogical wonder of the world: "Do we have to dig, honey?" (yeah, just like you had to tear down the fucking wall in Berlin, you twat.)

- Weird conversation about language differences between Kris and Jon: Kris decides that Chinese isn't Germanic, like English, and blurts:

"Babe, I love you"

Jon inexplicably says: "Can you please fetch me some water?"

(I fully accept that this entire exchange probably went right over my head, though.)

- The Official Ugly American Moment: Cabbie leads Aaron and Hayden far off the beaten track. They've had enough, and want to bail. Naturally, he still wants the fare. It looks like they refuse, and he hangs onto Aaron's pack as he tries to walk away. Cue Ugly American: "Touch me and I'll kick your ass!" Ha! Cut to Aaron floating face down in the Yangtze (a small part of this summary is an untruth).

- Rebecca, when confronted with an array of padlocks and only one key: "Very Zen, isn't it?" Followed quickly by: "Open! Open! Open!"

- Hayden has a weird breakdown and Aaron shrieks: "I hate China!!!" Heh.

- Kendra: "The Year 2". WTF?

- Rebecca: "He has three testicles!" Ha ha ha...

- Adam, in despair: "You're very mean. Do you understand the word mean? You are very cold."

- Kendra, after Freddy tried to get a cop to escort their cab to their destination: "Honey, it's not an EMERGENCY to a POLICE OFFICER!!!"

A: I don't eat tomatoes
R: I don't eat cheese
A: I don't eat tomatoes
R: I don't eat cheese

Wow, what a wild television ride. I hate that Kendra, the "Ghetto Africa" woman, won this thing, though.

They cut some of it .. I thought I heard her say take the train downtown to the Howard Train and take it to Chicago.. Which is also a bit wrong because does anything refer to the Red Line as the Howard Train anymore?

They're accepting applications for season 8 right now!

Oh drat, no Canadians allowed.

Jon inexplicably says: "Can you please fetch me some water?"

dude this was the funniest exchange of the whole episode! jon was talking about how abrupt chinese is, and from there they started saying random english phrases abruptly. they were schticking.

can you say 2-hour premiere 2nite? I CAN!

You will all bow to the awesomeness of Rob and Amber, who are vying with the gay boyfriends and the mother-gay son combo for the most entertaining team. The hillbillies and the blondes aren't far behind.