TO DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM: So maybe I'm overrating the value of a classical education, but was the puzzle clue on tonight's finale of The Amazing Race that hard?
Still, you've got to figure out a way to access the Internet if you don't know who Sancho Freakin' Panza is, and only one of the teams had a decent plan to do that.
I did not like this final leg, and not just because of the presence of noted anti-Semite Bob Eubanks. There just weren't enough opportunities for the teams to separate themselves. "Show up and bungee jump" doesn't require skill; the meticulous flower task didn't make for good tv; and this season's final memory task just wasn't much of a challenge given that you could do it (a) as a team and (b) with notes.
What I want from this show never changes: a show which allows opportunities for great racers to distinguish themselves -- through flight choices, task completion, strategic thinking and strong personalities. Yet again, we didn't get that this season. Onto "Unfinished Business."
