Amazing Race: Karma Chameleon

So, the WINners went a little overboard on my suggestion that it would be strategically smart to help the weaker teams stay in the race. I didn't mean to imply that they should risk knocking themselves out of the race to do it. I suspected they'd have ample time to catch up from their poor position in the first Road Block, so the risk in letting Dave and Mary go for the Fast Forward never seemed grave. But still--that showed some serious, um. . .class? Selflessness? Lack of competitiveness? Stupidity? However you look at it, I'd argue that the rest of the race has now become a grand experiment in Karma. Usually we westerners (especially those of us who enjoy stupid reality shows) think of karma as a big smack of comeuppance to those who act unethically. Will it work the other way? Will the WINners be rewarded for their generous action with excellent taxi luck, precise directions from the locals, and, eventually, a million dollars? That's the test. I'm looking forward to seeing good karma in action.

Next question: How did Peter and Sarah get so catastrophically lost? They weren't traveling far, and Kuwait City didn't look that big, crowded or confusing. They must have been traveling in circles for hours! Wouldn't you stop and get a better map, or better directions, or something? Was all that confusion just bad karma for claiming a disability-related health crisis to help them get on a flight? Could be. Anyway, while I was mildly surprised to see Peter and Sarah pull the old "First to Worst" and get eliminated at this point in the race, I was not at all surprised that they'd already broken up by the time Phil delivered the bad news. I was very surprised that Sarah exercised enough restraint to refrain from calling Peter an asshole on national television. Because clearly that's what she thinks of him, and clearly, that's pretty much what he is. I found them strange as individuals and icky as a couple, so I won't miss them.