I was a huge Amazing Race fan until some airport and airline scenes made me suspect the show was highly-scripted. My favorite teams were early in the show's history, particularly fraternity brothers Kevin & Drew who were the best comedy duo since Abbott & Costello in the 1950s. Season 7 burst my gullible viewer's bubble when Rob and his luscious wife Amber were eliminated by Uchenna & Joyce, thanks to a w-a-a-y too generous gate hold. Sorry, in today's airline operations that doesn't happen.