Finally, I am caught back up with The Amazing Race All-Stars. I just watched last week's and this week's back-to-back. I can't believe Rob and Amber have come in first place three legs in a row. They annoy me, but I do have to hand it to them: They seem to get the job done while all the other teams are fixating on one another.

In last week's episode, Kevin and Drew were out after a rough few days for Drew. He took a hard fall in the first episode, followed by a bout of altitude sickness. He seemed so angry to be in last place, but I'm pretty sure he thought that the other teams hadn't been following the 40 kph rule and thus should have been disqualified. But back in reality, he had misread the clue (the 40 kph rule pertained only to the drive in the Valley of the Moon.

Then tonight, despite a bunch of teams making huge mistakes (Kandice and Dustin failing to pick up a clue and going straight to one of the Detours; one of the Guidos failing to write down the whole clue at the bottom of the fish tank; major failures in sign reading all across the board), David and Mary ended up in last and headed home.

Here's my take on the remaining teams thus far:

Danny and Oswald seem to have a great relationship and are handling most of the stress with a minimum of drama. Plus, they're funny, which always helps.

Uchenna and Joyce are racing strongly, but in the stressful moments (like when Joyce was having trouble with the "eye for details" task last week), Uchenna seems like he gets really frustrated really quickly, and then he isn't as supportive of his partner.

Charla and Mirna are driving me insane, just as they did in their initial go-round on the show. They talk in interviews about how important it is to be pure of heart and declare incredulously about people being rude or out of control when they are usually the ones who start the yelling or escalate a situation into "out-of-control" land. But when they talk about it, it's always someone else's fault.

Rob and Amber: See above.

Teri and Ian are racing strongly. I'm still getting a handle on them, having not watched their original season. It cracked me up when Ian bellowed "Security!" in the middle of a tussle with Mirna. He's a police officer! He should know better than to call for help when it's not warranted.

Eric and Danielle have me a little worried. I feel like maybe this was too early in their relationship for them to be racing together. She seems worried she's going to disappoint him, and he keeps making inapproriate (and marginally disrespectful) comments toward her. They are doing a decent job in the race, though. But I can't see this relationship lasting forever.

Joe and Bill (aka "Team Guido") are a weird mix of tearful, supportive, hard-core, overdramatic. I think sometimes their dramatics get in the way of the racing. If they keep their focus, though, they will do pretty well.

Dustin and Kandice are racing just like last season -- as hard as they can and without any interest in making long-term friends. (However, they did team up with Teri and Ian for a while tonight, so maybe they did learn something last time.)

I'm glad to be caught up. Speaking of which, I had a Tivo malfunction (OK, it was user error) last week, so I haven't seen Survivor yet, but as soon as I do, I'll get caught up here!