Cho Boys Go out the Right Way

I am bummed. The Cho brothers are out, and 'Bama is in. Ugh.

After last week's surprise "keep racing" clue, the teams all equaled out at the airport again. Well, at least they would have if the flights all arrived on time. I was really glad to see the flight that the blondes and the models were on get in first - it's really rough to be leading for the whole leg, then get equalized after all that sucks. And is it wrong that I was hoping that at least one team would fly to Moscow instead of Kiev? Oh, that would have been good...

So this part of the leg was good - that may have been the first time that the location on the clue was given in a different language. Almost all of the teams figured out that their best bet was to hire a cab and follow them. Well, not the 'Bama girls...they just figured they would follow the Chos. No, not just follow the Chos. Follow the Chos and complain the entire way about how they were stopping and asking for directions. Then, with no recognition whatsoever of the irony, spouted off about how the Chos need to think for themselves and make decisions on their own. The bottom line is that the Chos are why the 'Bama girls got as far as they did.

This brings me to my question of the night. How did the 'Bama girls explain these episodes to their children? In the past few episodes, we keep seeing the Cho brothers and Dave & Mary (before they were eliminated) waiting for the teams in their alliance, helping them out, and pulling them through. At the same time, we keep seeing Lyn & Karilyn leave the others behind when they have the chance, and talk each episode about only being in the alliance as long as it benefits them. I just don't know how you explain that kind of poor sportsmanship to your children.

That being said, I think that we'll see the end of the 'Bama girls at the next elimination. Even with the yield coming up, they're way behind the other three teams. And without the Cho brothers to help them out, they're going to have to run the race on their own for the first time, and I don't think it will go well for them.