I admit I can't help but love this idiotic show. I noticed they've taken to insulting the people a bit less in later episodes, which I like because I really start to root for them by the end. For some reason the added cartoon noises make me laugh as well.
Last night, some idiot gave up like 1/4 of the way through the final challenge with only 3 minutes on the clock. What a stupid lazy asshole, there's 50K on the line! You aren't assaulting a machine gun nest with a fork, you're just falling in the water a few times. What the hell did he fight his way though all the other challenges for if he was just going to go "I'm tired" after 3 minutes at the end. Pathetic.
I've noticed a surprising amount of fat guys get to the end, but the final challenge is about stamina and they're always completely wiped half way through.
Man that fireman must have been pissed to lose by 10 seconds!