Amazingly Lame

For all of my fellow Amazing Race fans, there have been some shenanigans going on over the past few weeks. A few weeks ago, the psycho-women team (the Godlewskis) suddenly dropped from first place to fourth place...why? Because the Amazing Race cameraman had run down their car battery! Look, they're annoying, but that's no reason to lose a million bucks. Anyhow, it was conveniently a nonelimination round, the Godlewskis survived, and presumably the cameraman got a major talking to, right?

Then last night, the Linzes (or Team Frat Party) departed one location in first place. Then at their destination, the second team rolled in first (personality-less Bransen family), then the third team rolled in second (evil Weaver family), and the fourth team (Godlewskis) wound up in third. How could this happen? How could the fast-driving, good-map-reading team of lovable brothers get lost?

They didn't. Their cameraman ran down the battery on their car!

Call bull when you see it -- that's lame, unprofessional, and leaves a sour taste in everybody's mouth. CBS, give the Amazing Race cameramen more batteries, or else a really long extension cord.