Just when I thought I’d seen it all on the Amazing Race, a team actually behaves in a completely altruistic fashion? On a race for a million dollars? Are you kidding me?

Erwin and Godwin Cho (the Cho brothers), who were in last place, had a chance to go to the fast forward. David and Mary (”Kentucky”) needed to come in first place to avoid being eliminated (as it turns out, they probably could have taken the 30 minute penalty and still have been in the race, but who knew that at the time). So, would their alliance hold up? Or was it going to be a case of one alliance member gets the fast forward, the other goes home?

As it turns out, not only did the Cho brothers allow “Kentucky” to go for the fast forward, they successfully discouraged others from going for it, allowing Kentucky a first place finish and another week in the race.

I have long said that The Amazing Race is interesting because it always seems to bring out either the best or the worst in people (and sometimes both). I have watched teams that I did not enjoy blossom into my favorites and watched my favorites deteriorate into whiny, pushy, bratty or just plain mean “ugly Americans”.

I’ve liked the Chos since the beginning, but I’m really impressed by their ability to stick by their alliance. I’ve honestly never seen an alliance work in The Amazing Race– oh, sure, maybe for one leg or in one competition, but then it’s usually back to “dog eat dog”.

It will be interested to see if the Cho/Bama/Kentucky alliance gets them to the end. And even more interesting to see if one of them will turn on the others before it’s all over. If that happens, my money’s on Bama to be the traitors. But we’ll see… I hope that isn’t the case.