Creator of the Ultimatum Fantasy League Dani Wassel, and raconteur, writer and performer Amanda-Faye Jimenez join Karen and Nicole to process everything from "The Choice" to "Ultimatum Day."

We discuss a range of topics from trial spouse criteria, to dommy mommy issues, to sexual loopholes and "good old fashioned tribadism." Happy 4th of July!

Surprise! TGR returns with 3 special bonus episodes on season 2 of THE ULTIMATUM: QUEER LOVE. Karen and Nicole gather queer experts, friends of the pod and Ultimatum enthusiasts to join them in astute, if also sometimes raw and raunchy assessments of the couplings, uncouplings and potential throuplings of Netflix's messiest queer dating show. This week: Greta La Fleur and Poulomi Saha join us to introduce all the couples, haircuts, trial spouses and more leading up to "The Choice." 

Join us for some intense and candid Elimination Station interviews with the final 4 teams, Josiah and Alyssa, Jonathan and Ana, Han and Holden and Jack and Carson. So much gaymazing processing, truth talking and big love!

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The Amazing Race reaches its breathtaking end, and we dive into all the Gaymazingness the final legs in Portugal and Miami have to offer. We’re left with a cliffhanger at the end of the penultimate episode, in which team ToH and the Soccersexuals compete for the last spot in the finale.

In the finale, we see teams face their greatest fears while trying to achieve their greatest hopes. Have we reached peak Gaymazing from this most beloved reality franchise? What protocols of therapy and calling in has The Amazing Race brought to us this season? 

This was a tough episode of The Amazing Race for the contestants and us. The teams joust head-to-head, which brings up a lot of masc issues with the str8 guys, before consuming eight varieties of French soft, semi soft and hard cheeses on an empty stomach, followed by running up the stairs of a cathedral.

Team Tragedy of Heterosexuality (Jonathan and Ana) are having a ROUGH leg, as Jonathan won’t stop berating Ana for her every move, even though (maybe because?) he was bested at the joust by Carson. Team What About Bob (Han and Holden) give us Winnicottian lessons on what's “good enough” to stay in the race. The Gaymers (Jack and Carson) rightly proclaim “The race is not the place to work out your control issues.”

Sadly this leg ends with the saddest of outcomes, because our beautiful, handsome, shining knights of Las Vegas, Cirque du so Gay (Mark and Brett) meet their bitter end in the pinot gris fields of France. 

We’ve reached leg 9 of The Amazing Race, and all of the teams are excited by the old world charm and “verticality” of Napoli, Italy–and it’s the first time TAR has visited this destination. Mark is “gagged” to be there, and we learn more about his and Brett’s backstory as godpoppas and donors to their lesbian BFF neighbors in Las Vegas.

Jonathan and Ana have their best detour yet and work well together assembling a mandolin, while all the other teams fondle, plait and braid mozzarella. Carson himself eventually makes a “son” (i.e. a littler pizza compared to a “mother” pizza) at the “Who wants to get saucy?” road block. 

What About Bob, Han and Holden, trail the entire episode after struggling with “race brain” and eldest Asian immigrant daughter expectations. They get to the pit stop last, but guess what? It’s the first non-elimination leg in ages and everyone lives to race again.

The Amazing Race continues in Sofia, Bulgaria, and we wonder: which TAR intern had to book the dungeon on Peer Space for the fire-walking Express Pass challenge? Nicole thinks this episode in the “A”-range for its gay score when all of our straight guy competitors take tremendous joy dancing in the water with circles of local men,, as the teams have to dive “Like a Prayer”-style to fetch an ornate cross out of the water.

What About Bob (Han and Holden) switch affiliations in the middle of a Davinci Code-style cipher challenge. Cirque du so Gay (Mark and Brett) continue to bring the charming Danny and Oswald vibes as they ease their way through the city with their charms and talents, while our Gaymers think there’s no time for building “good karma” at this late stage of the race. Erika and Melinda, arguably the most successful mother/daughter team on the race thus far make a fatal error misreading their clue and wind up in our Elimination Station. 

The Amazing Race teams face their first self-drive in Bulgaria, as well as another double U-turn. Our Gaymers end up lost beyond all hope, it seems, after struggling with navigation lagging nearly three hours behind everyone else. This leaves teams What About Bob (Han and Holden) and the Basic Bros (Nick and Mike) vulnerable to the  U-turn, which is exactly what Erika and Melinda do to the boys. Ana endures more of  Jonathan’s craptastic attitude, as he blames her for every little thing that goes wrong even though he gets them stuck in a ditch.

Meanwhile, our soccersexuals Alyssa and Josiah keep supporting each other to bigger gains each week. Cirque du So Gay, Mark and Brett, experience personal growth at the sheep milking challenge, while a needle in the haystack challenge gives our Gaymers a chance. They muscle up to come all the way back and send the bros, Nick and Mike to our elimination station.

We’ve reached the halfway point of The Amazing Race, and the teams are in Dubai for some SATC2-coded adventures, along with two roadblocks, a fast forward and lots of diving. We learn that Han has a boyfriend (sad) after she says “YES, CHEF” during a tea challenge, but where the Lorde taketh, they also giveth, and we get a few Gaymazing moments (perhaps unintentionally) courtesy of Holden.

Our Gaymers can no longer hide that they’re a threat, while Brett composes a song on the beach in Dubai. Tragically, Pops and Jeff join us in our Elimination Station after narrowly losing a footrace to the pitstop.