This show is a reality television game show in which teams of two people who have some form of a preexisting personal relationship, race around the world in competition with other teams.

Contestants vie to arrive first at "pit stops" at the end of each leg of the race to win prizes and to avoid coming last, which carries the possibility of elimination or a significant disadvantage in the following leg.

Contestants travel to and within multiple countries in a variety of transportation modes, including planes, taxis, rental cars, trains, buses, boats, and by foot. The clues in each leg point takes the teams to the next destination or direct them to perform a task, either together or by a single member.

These challenges are related in some manner to the country or culture where they are located. Teams are progressively eliminated until three are left; at that point, the team that arrives first in the final leg is awarded a grand prize of $1million.

Prior to last night all four of my favorite teams were in the first four slots. They were married couple Joe and Heidi, cowboys Jet and Cord, father and daughter Steve and Allie and the Detective brothers Michael and Louie.

On last night shows I lost two teams one which was eliminated and one that is in the number one spot.

The detectives Michael and Louie (who I have routed for in past shows) came in first for a second week. These two caused another of my favorite teams Joe and Heidi to be eliminated last night.

The couple failed to decipher a Morse code message and never even made it to the finish line. This was because the detectives gave them a U-turn after they completed the difficult detour that all the teams had to do.

The detectives were the first to complete the World War 1 battle challenge and were the first to have the opportunity to give the "U-turn" challenge to someone.

Detective Louie picked Joe and Heidi just because Joe had bragged about being able to complete the race despite a knee injury.

The married couple had been racing in the middle of the pack when the detectives tagged them for a U-turn, meaning they had to go back and do the second task in the detour. They were unable to decode a message and didn't finish the leg of the race.

Mostly, I was disappointed that the detectives were that unkind this early in the game. There is usually plenty of time to throw other teams under the bus later in the series.

And, I really liked Joe and Heidi. I don't care much for the whinny airhead couples teams of Jordan and Jeff and Brent and Caite; nor the bickering lesbian team of Brandy and Carol, or the fighting brother's team of Dan and Jordan.

Thank goodness for American Idol. I might not have anything to watch in two weeks if either Steve and Allie or Jet and Cord get eliminated from the Amazing Race.