When Guido Met Mirna
Updated 2007-02-23 16:00:00
So it's All-Stars time at last -- or, we should say, "All"-"Stars," given that many of the consistently strongest teams of all time are missing, replaced by people like Dave and Mary, who are lovely people but do not belong here. As they head to Ecuador, many of the gamers from their original appearances are gamers still: Eric drags Danielle up from early lagging to late strong contention, Team Guido still knows how to get from Point A to Point B without freaking out, Danny and Oswald still possess divine powers, and Rob and Amber are still efficient and competent in the peculiar way they have that drives people crazy. On the other hand, the BQs are surprisingly slacker-y, Dave and Mary are as they were before, and Kevin and Drew kind of don't seem like they even want to be there, particularly. But in the end, after Rob and Amber taunt America by winning the leg, it is the lovely Jill and John Vito who take the first exit, apparently owing to some problems with maps and directions -- depressingly familiar territory for them, unfortunately. You are not alone if you comforted yourself with the thought that at least they're going to get a month-long vacation.