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I told DH about Jonathan's diagnosis and his reaction was "ADHD doesn't make someone act like that. Being an a$$hole makes someone act like that."  

I didn't pay well enough attention to them, so if they said that I totally missed it. I can't remember a thing about the previews. I guess I was too busy being salty about Jonathan. 

What I see from her behavior is a woman who is walking on eggshells constantly being meek, mild and taking all of the blame in an effort to keep Jonathan from blowing up. It’s a leaned behavior from being in an emotionally abusive relationship. That’s why when she’s constantly apologizing and taking the blame for whatever went wrong.

Think about this: what we’ve seen on our tv screens has been edited. How much worse has he behaved that was edited out? And how much worse does he behave behind closed doors?

I think Jonathan is emotionally and verbally abusive to Ana and I truly hope for her sake, and the sake of her daughters she seriously considers divorce when she views this season. I believe Jonathan is also a narcissist (he’s always right, nothing is ever his fault) and those types of people never change because they can never believe they are at fault.

We did a Rhine River cruise last year and went to Strasbourg and we saw storks and nests. Loved seeing it on the race. Brought back some great memories. 

I agree with everything you said about Jonathan and Ana. And the Vegas guys. 

I'm finally caught up enough to post!

I feel so badly for Ana - I hope if she leaves again, it sticks this time. Would she want her daughters to be treated this way? It irritates me how everything is "her fault," but he never does anything to help and he never accepts responsibility for messing up.

I felt bad for Alyssa. Yes, Josiah is always praising her, but he didn't listen when she repeatedly said she wanted to use the Express Pass. It's not like they could use it in the next leg, so why not use it after the first failed attempt? She was stressed about possibly going home for no reason.

Do any of you remember a couple on AR , I think it was season 6. His name was Jonathon also and her name was Victoria? He was just as bad or worse than this Jonathon!

To be fair we only have Jonathan's word he was diagnosed with autism. We have no idea if he was or not. And I know autism is a spectrum, but the way he acts would not be indictive of autism. He is making excuses, like a typical narcissist and his wife is probably so emotionally beaten down she believes him. I bet he and his family are likely blaming edit, but I don't buy it. The way she is acting is classic victim behavior. I wish she had friends and family who could help her see what is really happening.

The other Jonathan was a horror as well. Found this little gem after a quick Google search because I was trying to recall the name of the other guy who shoved his wife on the mat.

"Jonathan & Victoria competed on a Reality Stars edition of Fear Factor that aired in June 2006. They were eliminated when Victoria quit the second stunt after getting scared when she saw the tied up crocodile hissing and trying to turn around. She later punched Survivor: Pearl Islands contestant Jonny Fairplay for taunting her. Host Joe Rogan scolded her for attacking a contestant, after which Jonathan stepped up and confronted Joe. Joe then put Jonathan in a headlock.[5] WWE wrestler and The Real World contestant Mike "The Miz" Mizanin broke up the fight.[6"

Just finished last night's episode. I love how joyful Carson and Jack are on the race. When Jack found out he got to dress up like a knight, he said no fewer than 4 times *This is the best day of my life!* They did so well on this leg and came in first. We were so happy! Jonathan and Ana got lost because Jonathan was navigating but he still blamed her for getting lost. He was so horrible to her at the train station and wouldn't let it go ~ kept talking over her again and again for cutting in front of him in line or something stupid like that.

Holden and Han came in second and it looked like Jonathan and Ana would finish the *tile* challenge before Aleshia and Joshua until Jonathan broke one of their tiles. Then the screen said TO BE CONTINUED!! Hopefully we'll watch the finale tomorrow night. I wonder what kind of penalty for breaking the tile. I hope it disqualifies them.

Even after the MoM and I talked about last night being the finale, once I got home I forgot all about it. I was busy doing this and that and once I sat down to eat I was watching the Martha Stewart cooking show. Then about 8, I realized Top Chef was on and turned to that. Danngit! Guess I'll pull it up on Prime and watch it while I work this morning.

DH & I theorized that the reason Ana wound up doing that challenge was that, once again, a team showed up at a task and failed to take even a moment to consider what might be happening before they decided who would do it.  (Kind of like the drum challenge earlier in the season.)

They saw "soar" and believed prior to arriving at the location that it would be a height thing. But if they had stopped and looked at their surroundings for a minute I think they may have questioned that assumption. But instead they ripped the clue open, Jonathan immediately made the choice that she was doing it, and off she went, because what he says is the law.

The previous roadblock got all the teams evened up in terms of roadblocks, which is why several teams were told which member had to do the archery challenge, so this time they could have made the choice best for their team, but they just didn't even take a minute to think about it.

I will say, in fairness, his reaction when she returned was the best behavior I saw of him all race long.

We were very happy with the results. And would’ve been happy with Han and Holden too. Anybody but Jonathan and Ana. He was particularly horrible in the last few episodes except for when she finally finished that challenge. We still aren’t clear how they managed to catch up and get into the finale. They were so far behind. And also wondered why there wasn’t a penalty for breaking the tile.

With the exception of them, it was a good season.

I am thrilled who won! They really enjoyed the race, were kind to each other and the teamates and were just fun to watch. You could tell Phil loved them too.

I am happy that Han and Holden made second. They ran a really good race and I think they learned to communicate better with one another. I can’t believe more accidents don’t happen especially in foreign countries but I guess most of the time there, they take taxis.

I despise Jonathan like many of you do, but I was impressed (which is sad to say really) the way he treated Ana after the soar challenge. To overcome a trauma like that must’ve been very hard. I don’t understand other how they were able to catch up to Alyssa and Josiah unless they really got lost driving to the train station. Ana have Jonathan a lot of grace at the mat. She never talked to him the way he did to her. I read that he is now saying he is autistic (recently diagnosed) so that’s why he came across like that. Um, no! You’re a big baby who has a big ego and wasn’t happy unless he was in the lead. There was one episode near the end where he pouted the whole time. Ana is seriously an angel to deal with him.