I was always sympathetic to the racers who were frustrated/annoyed with Nadiya and Natalie's style, because god knows I don't handle loud, yell-y people well, and their default setting seems to be top-of-lungs yelling. But sitting at home, I could deal with it; whatever, people are how they are. And I could admire their willingness to dig in and get things done; the time the one of them kept sticking her entire head and all her hair in the barrel of rotting fish, wow. That is determination and grit right there, and I love that in a team.

The money grab tipped it over the line from willingness to do whatever it took to succeed to willingness to do whatever it took to make someone else lose, and there was just no going back from that.

... huh, reunion show. They'd be a great pick for that, between being such a strong team and the chance of a redemption arc. (But hopefully without calling each other "twinny" all the time. It's as grating as all the endless "babe"s on the dating teams.)

I just looked up the cast bios, and it turns out Trey and Lexi were the youngest racers this year, just 23 and 22, respectively. I have a little more sympathy for Trey in that case; 23 is really young to be under that much pressure, especially given how overwhelming Nadiya and Natalie can be. But still. Dude. Bad form.

I love the editors so much! And the cameramen, whose ability to pointedly film a clue box without the racers noticing them doing so is unparalleled. *g*