[Headie]

Yeah this ep was great but idk I'm still not that invested? Like I just don't care enough about it I don't think compared to other seasons/versions. Doesn't help that they still haven't been out of Canada yet (will they even?)

Dave & Irina are one of the best teams ever tho

[Valmafra]

Originally Posted by Hayden

Doesn't help that they still haven't been out of Canada yet (will they even?)

Please check the route information in my first post on this thread.

[starry]

The best part was definitely map reading in the cold, that created the most credible drama. I'm not sure why Irina didn't at least have a go at the roadblock, but taking the 2 hour penalty when already far ahead may not have been that risky a tactic. Going away from the maps to ask for help was simultaneously clever and stupid for the different reasons shown (success at task but money problems).

[Macie Lightfoot]

Looked at Twitter and Reddit about tonight's episode and everyone is LIVID and IRATE because Dave and Irina are bad sportsmen and cheaters and Irina called the other racers peasants and apparently Dave started a mass quit of one of the Route Markers so we owe it all to them for reviving this franchise

[Valmafra]

Certainly more interesting than the Robfather, at the very least.

[starry]

This leg was hilarious, apart from the tedious preachiness they always stick in. The highlight was Dave sneaking around others during the cave task.

[Macie Lightfoot]

She's murdering the fans now too

[Macie Lightfoot]

Okay that episode was fan fiction levels of amazing hilarity and I'd prooobably rank it up there with the S1 Regina, S2 Franxs, and S4 finale? More elaborate post tomorrow bc a girl needs to sleep but Dave and Irina are totally reviving this franchise to the point where I think this is the season of the summer for me? I'm enjoying it more than Survivor SA I think honestly.

[Macie Lightfoot]

In Leg 5 of The Amazing Race Canada 7, Dave and Irina...

1) bragged about using the Express Pass last leg bc Irina didn't want to swim in ice water, infuriating every other team.
2) wanted to quit bc their cab at the start of the leg was too slow.
3) spent the seaplane ride stressing out over being in last place rather than giving the stock OTTP confessional every other team gave.
4) stressed over a bungee jumping memory Route Marker but aced it on their first attempt.
5) arrived at the clam digging Route Marker only for Irina to not even pick up a shovel and brag about Dave doing all the work.
6) quit the clam digging Route Marker, prompting literally every other team to form a coalition to work together and finish to eliminate them. This grew even more hilarious as three of the six teams in the coalition also quit because the Route Marker was seemingly impossible.
7) struggled at the Roadblock to the point where Dave refused to go back into the cave to find his missing letter and opted to sneak up two other teams to try to cheat off of them.
8) actually cheating when his earlier attempt was unsuccessful, literally stealing Trish's answer off of her board and then erasing it.
9) claimed that it's "war time" because the other teams are all trying to eliminate them for being big threats despite the fact that Aarthy and Thinesh have an equally impressive track record.
10) played with the goats at the Pit Stop when waiting out said penalty because no other team wanted to talk to them.
11) called the other teams peasants within earshot of them while waiting out said penalty.
12) looked directly in the camera and mocked the penalty-taking teams all crying over Meaghan and Marie's elimination.

Like...... it might have actually been worth it for us to suffer through the lows of the last two seasons because TARCan is RISING like a phoenix thanks to these two hypercompetitive, antagonistic, neurotic, off-putting, cocky egomaniacs. I don't want to be too hyperbolic and reactionary and call them the best team of all time, but they are top three at minimum with Sukhi/Jinder and Jillian/Emmett.

[Headie]

Dave & Irina should be on every season

[MB.]

I *will* be watching this season (with little prior knowledge of TARCan other than that Jemmett did it) in the near... ish... future!

[Macie Lightfoot]

Originally Posted by MB.

I *will* be watching this season (with little prior knowledge of TARCan other than that Jemmett did it) in the near... ish... future!

Fantastic the cast is actually pretty fun in their own right, but Dave and Irina just elevate it to suuuuuch a higher level because it's been so long since we've had a team that is remotely villainous on this show, and they take it to a whole new level to the point where the others racers and Reddit and Twitter and Facebook all collectively detest them. After the obnoxious MORP lovefests that we suffered through for the last two years, it's just so refreshing to have actual content other than "there's so much we can do in beautiful Canada!" even though they have clearly run out of things to do to the point where there are challenges centered around the Lion King and the Dora the Explorer movie.

Also next week looks like we're at least going to get some good airport drama. I had to go back and rewatch Irina mimicking Aarthy to her face sooooo many times because I could not stop laughing

[Valmafra]

Originally Posted by MB.

I *will* be watching this season (with little prior knowledge of TARCan other than that Jemmett did it) in the near... ish... future!

Friendly reminder to have the same mindset while watching Family Edition.

[Valmafra]

Youtube video

[starry]

Dave and Irina are still making this worth watching, a good antidote to the whole 'we make Canadians proud' mantra.

[Valmafra]

No Finnish Roadblock at the Hoito resto? ****ing TBCs...

[Macie Lightfoot]

Okay that last leg design was atrocious and it feels like we're back in the Trash Can era but at least there are only two episodes left?

Also in sadder news, Kenneth of TARCan5 died in a freak hiking accident. He was annoying as hell on the show but RIP x

[Valmafra]

Correction: happier.

[starry]

So the season ended with an unbalanced detour, some car adverts, an easy singing task, and a pit stop which everyone asked knew the location of.

[Valmafra]

More like, the taster Roadblock was a good opening for the best penultimate episode since the fourth season.

[Macie Lightfoot]

so guys guess which team was the best

[MB.]

I'm surprised no one got run over this season considering how many teams ran the race firmly in the middle of the road

[Valmafra]

Originally Posted by MB.

I'm surprised no one got run over this season considering how many teams ran the race firmly in the middle of the road

Speaking of which, how's the TARCAN watch going?

[Macie Lightfoot]

We haven't had a complex team overall since season four, which is part of the reason why TARCan is also known as ~TrashCan~

[Valmafra]

The amorality of Joel/Ashley stays unchallenged, yes.