How did they do it?! How is it humanly possible?... to waste away two bloody hours squirming around the wrong "reflecting pool" looking for a Cluebox that isn't there. You would think at some point Bill Gaghan or his wife, Tammy, would have thought something was not quite right, you know, and go back and reread their Clue or ask someone something or, heck, just give up and go home. Two hours! What possessed them to pound that pavement on and on? Didn't they see the Schroeder's eventually leave — even while Mark feigned bewilderment — and not come back? Where did the Gaghan's think they went... into a sink hole?

By David W. Taylor (Email Me)
Reality Reel Media
10.07.05

Featuring Jonathan Baker from The Amazing Race 6.
www.jonathanbakerandvictoriafuller.com

Even Bill Gaghan's young son, Billy, had the wherewithal to want to toss a question out into the milling D.C. crowds. Bill lassoed Billy by asking him a question (Wrong question to wrong person): "What are you going to ask people, Billy?" Billy: "I don't care let's just ask." Good God, a genius! Bill figuratively sighs, smiles, and pats his little boy on the head: saying, "Just keep looking." They did. TWO HOURS! Just thank God the team that drove in the wrong direction for two blasted hours (synchronicity?) — the Rogers family from Louisiana — showed the hell up and told the Gaghans where to go! I mean, what is the absolute cut-off time for running around aimlessly like a drunk sailor? Three hours? Four hours?

It was just too bad that it was the Gaghan's who temporarily took leave of their senses and entered a weird Twilight Zone for the better part of a fun morning. Both Jonathan Baker and I think they're just a groovy team, upbeat and focused, with two highly motivated and fearless kids, and one of the few nuclear families left in the Race. "For the Gaghan family to go from second place to seventh place, Oh no!," cried Jon. "I mean, this is my favorite team right now because they have the most character, they are the underdogs, they had the most heart going in and they are the most physically prepared out of everybody, except for maybe the Linzs. Who are, you know, college kids in the shape of their life. I title the Linzs 'cricket, cricket' because there's no drama.

"I go back to Billy and Carissa... and they're doing better than half of the other teams out there, and you're talking about little kids! So they are the ones that I'm rooting for. They've got character, they've got heart and obviously for comic relief I'll throw in the Paolo family. I was looking for Mama Paolo — who is the badass of the bunch — to lose it again. I mean, she kinda did. I mean she's the most interesting character... These are people who collect garbage for a living so they're really running the American dream. The rest of them really haven't made an impression on me."