Miss Alli’s recaplet is up at TWOP:
Even a classy show sometimes wrings a good episode out of a bunch of people competing in the Jerkweed Olympics, and such is the case with this week’s episode. Colin starts to show a certain icy, dead-eyed stare that tiptoes all over the line between “I am intense” and “I am in prison,” while either Marshall or Lance actually becomes a caricature of himself by taking the step from Guy Who Almost Seems Like He Would Yell “Bitch” Out Of A Car Window to Guy Who Actually Does. Mirna and Charla express their hope that by limiting their alliances to the “God-fearing,” they won’t have to deal with people who aren’t trustworthy, and then Charla uncorks an “I need a doctor” lie that probably isn’t going to earn her any sanctity points. Brandon and Nicole appear to bumble their way into angering a bunch of other teams, while Kami and Karli continue hating Chip and Kim for the imagined wrongdoing of last week. Bob and Joyce are still happy, and Linda and Karen seriously need to stop screeching. Seriously. Once a confusing airport scenario has been negotiated, the teams navigate a high-calorie Roadblock and a parasailing Detour, ending the leg at a gorgeous location where Jim and Marsha are sadly Philiminated, victims of poor airport strategy. While the failure of Marshall and Lance to be booted certainly constitutes bad news, there is good news in the form of the welcome return of the show’s trademark wit, including a brilliant pseudo-prayer sequence for Brandon and Nicole and the humiliation of KamiKarli when they realize that they just jumped in the water and swam to the pit stop when they could have, you know, walked. Even with an ending that seems inevitable from about the halfway point, it’s a funny and very telling episode that starts to set up some of the personalities we’ll be following for the next two months or so. And seriously, Mirna? Shut up.
The recaplets get blown away by the full-size recap – I expect this one will come in at about 22 pages again, because there was SO much snarkfood in this episode.
You know what? There’s actually twelve teams competing – the invisible one is Team Karma, and it’s waiting to take a big bite out of some truffle-filled asses next week.
Marshall and Lance – yeah, you, Pizza Guys. You’re on my little list for good and all. You’re on the Double-Sekrit Retro-Redemption Arc for good now.
Even Ian eventually redeemed his asshattiness; you, sirs, are no Ian.