Amazing Race

Warning, Spoilers!

I love this type of episode. Tonight's episode took place mainly in Ho Chi Minh City. Each race starts with the teams separated by the same time amounts in which they finished the previous leg. This time there was only a 45 minute space between the first and last teams. That makes it nice and tight.
Being in Vietnam, everyone faced a significant language barrier. The Amazing Race people played off that well as most of the directions were subtle, confusing or in Vietnamese. The trick to this type of episode is to keep your wits about you, make good decisions and have good relations with the locals. The teams that could do this did well. If not, they sank.
The second to last couple screwed up all of these things. They charged around without direction. Their pride in their ability (horribly overwrought) kept them from figuring out clues and solving problems. If they don't learn some very quick lessons they will be eliminated next week. Frankly, good riddance.
Fun tasks? The first thing they did was go to a water dragon puppet theater. Doesn't that sound fun? Later they had to haul big ceramic animals across a park on dollies. Again, much fun!
The couple that got eliminated were a very nice older couple. They took a bit too long to do things. They wasted time trying to unscramble a Vietnamese word instead of getting local help. Eventually, they came in last. It's sad because they are very sweet, but races are about winning and losing and you just can't dither.