"The Amazing Race" (15.8) Recap: "This is the Worst Thing I've Ever Done in my Life"

ridiculously cute in glasses. Glad the boys are still alive.

Sam is ridiculously cute in anything. They talk too much! I thought that Swedish boy was going to fall asleep.

I wasn't turned off (in fact maybe quite the opposite) by their bickering. They are acting just like brothers would act with one another! I found it very entertaining and even made me laugh. I know I've acted the same with my siblings. It makes them seem very real, plus Dan apologized in the end and that was very touching.

PLus they are very hot. :) I love them more and more every episode. I love watching all the extra clips about them on the Amazing Race site. They even said they miss the girls (maria and tiffany) in one.

You didn't mention that next week also promises more half-nakedness from the boys as they play in the mud in skimpy shorts!

Sam is simply adorable, even more in glasses.

I dont think Dan was trying to be a jerk, I think he was attempting to encourage Sam, he just did it in the wrong way, there is a fine line when frustration rears it ugly head. Its great that he recognized it and apologized.

Glad they are still in it, I wasnt really worried because, if you did the numbers, it was about time for a non elimination leg.

Next episode looks like its going to be very revealing. Go Team Gay!

I would love to have a roll in the hay with Sam and Dan. But seriously, having met them in person last week, they are as friendly and crazy handsome in real life. The relationship between teammates is usually more of a challenge than the actual elements, so it was nice to see that highlighted with the bros last night.

How amazing would it be if Sam & Dan won this season of "The Amazing Race"? They are so hot, sexy and the icing on the proverbial cake, they know how to apologize and mean it.

Admit that their constant references to New Orleans and the ghetto can be a bit redundant and annoying, but they are doing a great job in the race. Plus, they are having fun while doing it, and you can tell they really care about each other. So, how can you not like that??

My least favorite team at this point is Cheyne and Meghan, mainly because of Meghan. I honestly don't know how he does it, she would drive me nuts.

Dan isn't much better. I'm still rooting for them to win, but if I were Sam I would've made Dan do that hay challenge. Just knowing how impatient he is, and how freaked out he would get, let him do it himself.

I missed the shot of Sam in glasses!  *swoon* too!

"Open up your mind and then open up your heart. And you will see that you and me aren't very far apart." - Blessid Union of Souls

The hay bale unrolling event took place at Bögs Gård, an old-fashioned farm ("gård") operated for tourists outside of Stockholm. Since "bög" means "queer" or "gay man" in Swedish it is strange that poor Sam didn't have an easier time of it! (When the farm was named in the 19th century "bög" meant "bow" or "arch", but it must seem quite amusing now). Other Swedish trivia: the odd-looking instrument played by the woman at the pit stop is called a "nyckelharpa" - "key fiddle" in English. It has a beautiful and haunting sound - lots of examples on YouTube.

I was on the edge of my seat rooting for the boys to find that doggone flag. I remember that challenge from Season 6, and it is not easy, as was obvious last night.

I had figured out it was a non-elim, so that helped some, but still! the last place team is really, really behind the 8 ball unless there is some major bunching ahead (which there probably is, this is TAR after all).

I liked that Dan got so emotional when he realized what a jerk he was being, and that apology had me tearing up a bit. Too bad they aren't a couple; that would have been a great place for a make-up kiss.

Go Team Gay! We need another gay team to win it all. It's been far too long since Chip and Reichen.

I've had friends ask me if being gay, did I relate differently to my brothers, who are both straight. The answer is a resounding no. Straight/straight, gay/straight, or gay/gay, brothers can get into heated arguments over the dumbest things. With my brothers, it happens less often as we get older, but it still happens, currently about once a year. This year's shouting match was the proper way to move a coffee table. Two of us are over 40, so the whole thing is even dumber than it sounds. We always end up apologizing and laughing about it a few hours later.

 

Given all the above, I was laughing hysterically at Sam and Dan's fight. Particularly with the brother I'm only a few years older than, that so could have been us in that field doing the same thing.

moronic behavior the entire race. However, for Dan to realized his bad behavior within a challenge shows he's not acting out for the sake of being an asshat. His emotional apology to Sam was truly endearing. After the apology the brothers admitted  they are not going to be angel to each other from here on is funny and honest. I do not have much hate for the remaining teams except for Meghan. I have to agree the Globetrotters and the father and son have the best attitude in this race. If the remaining challenge are mostly physical, Sam and Dan will have a good chance of winning. But you know how connecting flight can screw up the whole race. My Final 3 will be the brothers, father and son and the Globetrotters.

My brother and I are both in our 40s (he's 7 years older with teen-aged kids no less) and he STILL smacks me on the back of the head when he walks by and I STILL want to kill him when he does it!!!

It immediately sends me back to age 10 on Saturday mornings with him waking me up by smacking me on the forehead and threatening to spit on me.

Brothers are brothers.

I'm confused as to how one (maybe two) throw away....off the cuff quips, during the show(s) about being from New Orleans, or his "hood," is so off putting to people. All the teams that have ever run The Amazing Race, have had a story...an oft repeated story. A gay story, a deaf story, a single mother story, being a christian story, a sibling story, whatever. Why is their story, so bothersome to some people? Maybe i'm not supposed to relate or connect with the Globetrotters, but i do....more so than the brothers. It's also curious how the one team (besides father and son) that's running a pretty positve and happy race...no bickering, shouting, crying, whining, tantrums, or blatant douch-baggery, get such a bad rap. I'm not a fan of basketball, not from New Orleans, or the hood but i'm enjoying their race the most. So far, they've run an exciting, fun and positvie race.

And what exactly makes them smarmy?

I think I watch too much reality TV... I watch the cut-aways carefully each episode where they show the teams explaining things and try and guess which ones were eliminated. It can be telling sometimes, based on a losing teams tone of voice or how frazzled they look. I wonder when exactly they film those interview segments? They can't exactly stop the race, so when you see a team talking about a challenge it has already happened, I would imagine.

On a second viewing of last weeks show with my BF I could def. tell the poker players were a mess for their interviews and wearing the same clothes they were eliminated in.

Same this week. Sam and Dan were interviewed in the sun, dressed in diff. clothes, joking about The Globetrotters being their rivals. I guessed from that they would survive this week. Anybody else notice this?