TARCon 6.
by sam on 02/9/2005Last night was TARCon, the traditional end of season party for The Amazing Race here in NYC. It certainly wasn’t as exciting as in years past, but I don’t think it was the organizers’ fault (they do a kickass job organizing this thing). I think the fans of the show were so disappointed in it this year, what with the spousal abuse and the whining and the idiot who wore horns in his hair, and the ridiculous amount of bunching in each episode that only served to negate any work that any team did except in the final 10 minutes of the leg, that we basically showed up to catch up with each other, rather than be excited for the show. It was certainly a much smaller gathering than it had been in years past. Anyway, I think Sars sums it up nicely in a recaplet that’s going to disappear in a few days:
…but the unfortunate broad stroke is that Freddy and Kendra won. Which kind of fits, because this season was just…like that, really, wasn’t it? It was a race, all right, but I’m withholding the "amazing" until next season. Bad Race! No biscuit!
Everyone, and I do mean everyone, was rooting for Kris and Jon until they got waylaid by that railroad crossing at the very end and we all knew that there was no way they could catch up.
As for me, I was just glad to catch up with a few friends that I haven’t seen in a while, and I’m strangely looking forward to TAR7, which features Rob and Amber from Survivor. For some reason I’m not nearly as offended by this particular stuntcasting as I should be.
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