The Amazing Race is back in our lives and regardless of its decline in quality over the years we can all be happy that (a) the teams are at least traveling outside the U.S. this season and (b) there are no contestants under the age of twelve.
I have to say even with the show now in it's ninth season, I still get all happy when all the teams are lined up at the beginning waiting to start. For all of the typed casting and idiotproofed challenges, few reality shows deliver moments as exciting as Phil Keoghan doing his whole beginning spiel leading up to "Travel safe...and, go!" followed by all eleven teams running like mad past him.
The first episode has more or less established the teams. We've got the hippies and the fratty-boom-batties as the obnoxiously camera conscious teams. Joseph and Monica call themselves team "Mo-Jo" but I would just go with "Team Spazzy" after all of their erratic behavior. Lisa and Joni make up the crizazy Southern team that probably amused me the most. My early favorites include cute mother/daughter Wanda and Desiree and way-too-normal-for-this-show Ray and Yolanda. Dave and Lori make up "Team Shmoopy" because they're cute and all but they're kind of that couple. Fran and Barry are acting like every other 60+ team that has ever been on this show, so we're not exactly breaking down walls there. Danielle and Dani are slightly, but just ever-so-slightly, more likeable than I thought they would be. Lake and Michelle are this season's "Team HAATE!" and are exactly as repulsive as I thought they would be. John and Scott are our first losers and...whatever. They raced pretty poorly so no tears there.
Honestly, this was a pretty damn good first episode. You win this time, Bruckheimer.
And this is random but look at Season 5 winner Kim on the CBS site. She was pretty before, but wow!
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