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Jen C wrote (12/8/2009 1:03:00 PM EDT) …

What's sad is that TAR's casting was always formulaic, and yet they still found personalities in the past that would create an interesting dynamic rather than a lackluster one. I think the casting started to go downhill when you started getting racers who were promoting some agenda by being there and getting screen time. I wish the challenges were still as difficult as they used to be; even though the lackluster contestants can't handle the ones they have now. I think the worst thing is they promised us those Roadblocks of the past called 'Switchbacks' and then there was only one. I hate that TAR is following DWTS downhill.

Kathy wrote (12/8/2009 4:57:00 PM EDT) …

The Switchback bugged me, too, Jen. It was a little amusing to see the teams repeat a task from the past at the same location it was originally filmed. Then producers recycled a task for the finale -- the face first rappel from Season 4, Leg 11 -- but because it was done in Vegas and not Australia, it wasn't called a Switchback.

Acknowledging that the show repeats tasks by giving them a special title doesn't change the fact that they're just repeating tasks. You're right, Jen. They needed to do more than one Switchback per season in order for it to seem legit.

Just thinking back on Season 4 makes me miss teams like the Air Traffic Controllers, Kelly & Jon and Millie & Chuck.

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