Thread:Epic~00/@comment-24952355-20150906001244/@comment-31556666-20150906003837

Well I have only watched the first four episodes and from them, these are my thoughts.

I have enjoyed the season so far, and the pairs that I love are the main reason why. For example both the ice dancers and cadets are fantastic to watch since characters like them were clearly created to fit into this format. They have also both really made me laugh in enjoyment but I can't spoil here unless quotes count.

So the strong characters are really strong. More that I love is the comedy as I mentioned previously. It's not only evident in my two favourite pairs but even my less favoured pairs cracking a smile now and then. I hate Mickey and Jay as human beings but their pain humor is executed hilariously. The jokes themselves aren't juvenile like TD humor has been recently. It's really sharp and clever humour that is just as good as TDI's or WT's. It's just a shame I can't post an example of this on the wiki.

It's not just the humour that excites me, but the actual non-stop action throughout episodes is constant. As it's a race, something exciting is almost always on screen for me to enjoy. I can't fault any entertainment as being unoriginal because there's always something new and original through and through.

That said I still have some issues. For one, some parts of the episode seem like time fillers, such as when information is given about a location is given, or when results of a teams' placing are said with each leg. This isn't too bad for me since we need to be calmed down from the energy the season has, but it's still a glaring issue I have. This problem of mine also sort of traces back to Don. He's very expositiony with hit and miss humor too. And though some pairs pleasantly surprised me like Vegans and Stepbrothers, I still feel dissapointed by others such as the LARPers, Tennis Rivals, to some extent the geniuses, and sadly Nowen. My favouring of pairs is pretty unbalanced and what's worse is that I don't know how to feel about the obvious main protagonists Carrie and Devin since they could go the Zoke route or the Skave route, and I would prefer the latter. Their jokes also got stale for me.

I'm pretty mixed on the boot order. I mean the second ones were fine, but the third one seemed like a major dissapointment for me since the pair failed over something anyone with common sense could figure out. I thought the fourth went too soon but I'm at least glad their characters were handled well. However, the first boot choice was the worst I seen in any season and it completely shocked me. I'm not worried though since I think it will be fine from here but there's two dead weight pairs on my mind whom I REALLY think should go soon.

I'm not too worried though since I have a good feeling this will be a great season and the pros are very big.