There was no dramatic tension in last night's penultimate episode, since we knew the Dumbs were never going to catch up. In the news biz, we call them a non-story.
So with the final three determined right from the opening shot of the show, it simply became a question of who would be first?
We went from Hong Kong to South Korea, and who other than me got so tired of all the verbal flogging of the "danger" of being near North Korea? Jeepers, folks. I'm pretty sure that six Americans plus their camera crews did not put Kim Jong-il on high alert. Talk about fake drama.
So they get there, and they raft down the river and then take a Humvee drive to the Army base and then have to find the matching headband among 200 very fit soldiers and the the World Cup Stadium, and then speed skating (except not) and then Phil!
The Melons are first but they have a penalty because they took a taxi, so the Firsts are first, the Melons are second and the Docs are third. So there is a very real chance that an all-female team will win AR for the first time in 17 seasons. Which, in our little corner of the world, is kind of a big deal. Not as big a deal as the tensions between South and North Korea, but still ...
