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Recently got into DHMIS again. Would be interested in other creepy puppet or claymation series.

I seem to recall from prior seasons that a rule of the Race is you have to have all of your clues with you when you check in at the Pitstop. Since the Reilly O'Reilly sisters left their Detour clue at the flower stand, would they have gotten a penalty had they not checked in last?

I might be misremembering, so is this/was this ever a rule?

EDIT: Rob asked this on RHAP, and Rachel & Elissa seemed unsure. Although apparently they went back for the clue anyway, so it's all a moot point.

I genuinely don't understand what happened between Rachel & Elissa and Nicole & Victor. Team Fun and the Afghanimals said they wanted to U-Turn Nicole & Victor (over teams who are probably stronger, like Colin & Christie or Tyler & Korey), and the Reilly sisters warned them about it, and for some reason, Nicole & Victor are mad at the sisters?

Did Rachel & Elissa just explain it very poorly or am I missing something?

Colin said that to Christie when their bike tipped over and their sticks fell off, and I was weirdly moved by it. I'm watching season 5 for the first time simultaneously with this season, and to see Colin then compared to now is legitimately incredible. The way he got with Christie (and cab drivers who broke down or law enforcement in foreign countries) at certain points during that race was beyond disrespectful. Maybe they're editing out some less-than-perfect moments, but to imagine the Colin of 2004, in a high stress situation, saying, "We're learning together," or displaying any sort of patience or emotional intelligence is nearly impossible.

I'm interested in whatever meditation practi

Spoilers for tonight's episode, and analysis of the edit (but not really edgic, as I understand it)

Mike has gotten a weird edit, and a lot of people think he's a losing (potentially a zero-vote) finalist, but after tonight, I think he's the most likely to win.

The biggest thing working against him is the fact that he's successful outside of the game, but I think this as big of a factor as people make it out to be. Brad Culpepper seemingly would have won Game Changers had he not taken Sarah to the end. Additionally, this cast seems really invested in gameplay AND there's someone sitting on the jury who is a bigger and more successful celebrity than Mike is.

Beyond that, I think Mike's sto

Mike.

First of all, I'm glad he voted the way he did from a TV show perspective. I wanted to see Carl go, so it felt good.

With that said, I'm not sure what Mike's end game is. He seems to be playing the game to win, but I would think he'd be self aware enough to realize that he'd have a hard time winning against a lot of the people left in the game. He can probably get more votes than Angelina, but before last night, I thought his best chance would have been going with Carl and Angelina to the end. And, if he lets Gabby and Christian vote for Carl, while he sends Alison home, it would have put him in a great position to get to the end with those people. Gabby and Christian would be expose