Your recaps are a must-watch for this season with all the bts things we learn. Quick request Derek, would you mind turning on the auto-captioning for us deaf and HoH folks?

You might have been team number three in this leg but you are always team number one in my heart! 💜

Really need you guys to win it so we get the full amount of these

AN HOUR LONG RECAP!! this made my night omg thank you guys for the time and work you put into these! always so fun to watch

Clearly navigation is critical especially now that you have explained it. As a viewer we don’t understand what/why/how your experiencing so this is great! I sure hope your bootcamp is what you needed to get 🥇 1st place. Rooting for you to win the million.

Thumbs up because the recap is more entertaining than the episode itself!

Love everything about these recaps! So much insight and thank you especially for sharing the personal stuff that they didn’t show! Going through a fight while competing is common but the reflecting and not letting it fester shows how much love is in this relationship. So kudos to you two ❤️

Thank you for explaining why all theses teams came after Marcus & Michael even though they left the castle after all the other teams. It's funny how they showed how stressed David & Aubrey were when you both were also stressed and upset.

I remember watching this episode with my mom and when Michael and Marcus got to the walnuts first I yelled "where tf are Derek and Claire, did they also drive into a ditch??"

Love your relationship with one another. Seems to be very respectful and the chemistry is obvious 🥰 These recaps are so fun to watch and very informative. Future racers should definitely watch to get some tips and be more prepared for what to do or not do!

rooting for y’all all the way! As much as viewers (including myself) eat up the drama on these shows, I’m glad you guys found a healthy way to process your feelings and address them to each other after the leg and give it its proper space. Shows a lot of maturity on both your parts! Also what you said about the navigation bootcamp is really interesting. I’d probably be like Claire and just assume that if I’m decent at map reading and as long as I see where I am on the map I could figure the rest out. Sorry for another building reference 😂 but I guess it’s like the difference between just jumping into an IKEA project because you’re pretty handy versus reading all of the instructions and counting all your tools first just in case. it may seem simple but you can’t just assume you can intuit everything. I’m happy to hear Derek say this was a turning point and really hoping to see you guys excel in future episodes. Thanks again for providing all these behind the scenes takes!

I hardly ever watch recaps but I must say this was well worth the watch.. Yall are literally our favorite 💕

Loving the recaps. They don’t show enough of you two in the episodes

Great information on what we didn't see! You two have such a healthy relationship in how you handle disagreements. The studying is awesome and I'm sure will pay dividends!

I love the way you both worked together to better your game! Your relationship I'm sure improved a great deal by talking everything out. So proud of you both!!! Love these recaps!

Loved the recap and love that you both self reflect and reflect together. very healthy attitudes. Go Team Purple! 💜

Definitely my favorite team. Great call on the detour.

I took a break from the house of the dragon as soon as this dropped. So much fun watching your recaps...better than the actual show.

Fellow UMD algorithms survivor here. I love these recaps and thank you for validating me on feeds last year 😂

Love these recap videos! Smart thinking to study and practice the maps and navigating, looking forward to the next episode to see how well it helps. Derek and Claire all the way!!!

I'd love for you guys to do a podcast

You guys are SO good together! I'm obsessed. Rooting for y'all in the race & beyond!

having been an amazing race junkie for all 34 seasons, i really enjoy watching strong teams perform on the race. when i first saw the two of you, there was something about you that said you were a team to watch. you have now become my favorite team and i am rooting for you to win the race. i don't know how but i stumbled upon your race reaps and have now watched each one. this is something i have never seen before and just added to the whole race experience for me as a fan. i look forward now each week to hearing about how things went on that leg. one other thing i would like to say not race related is about your new dating relationship. i really feel that somewhere out in the world, there is someone who is a perfect match to another person. when you find that person, hold on to them with all your might and don't let them get away. after having watched all the recaps, i feel you two are a good match. watching the interaction between the two of you, it's crystal clear how much you care for each other. i really hope you continue your dating and really get to know the other person. if marrige is ultimately what you both want, i only wish the best for you. however, i feel too many people jump to marriage too quickly without really knowing who their partner is. my sister and brother in law lived together for ten years before getting married. they have now raised three children and have been married over twenty years. if you get married, i hope you can have longevity in your marriage like they had.

Love the recap! It provides us a different perspective on the game. In case you haven’t noticed, you have placed every position from 1st to 7th so far, except 5th. ❤

I was SCREAMING at my TV when you guys chose to do the games over the walnut cracking because I was so sure the games were going to be more time consuming. Then you guys blew it out of the water and I was so proud! Sorry for doubting you guys 😅

I’m looking forward to seeing you two minimize your mistakes and continue to set yourselves up for the best optimal position. Also thank you for being vulnerable and sharing about your fight and how you were able to get through it healthily ❤

Australia gets these episodes a week after the US. So for me, this is a good teaser as to what to expect in each leg

sounds like your alliance with david & aubrey really helped you this leg. and claire on that rope and hole game was genius level for sure!

You guys are amazing !! You gave such valuable information to future racers literally 😂

you two are really fun to watch. this season of amazing race has been that much better than ever cuz of ur aftershows lol

Thanks Claire and Derek for this great recap. I love watching you two on the show!

Love your recaps. Thanks so much for doing these, I look forward to them each week. Rooting for you guys.

Love watching you guys this season!! Rooting for y’all

Congrats on making it halfway through!! I hope you two win!!

Thanks for these insider views! Love them and love you two!

Yay I’ve been waiting for this one 💜💜💜

Thanks for sharing what you went through and you dealt with it healthily. Good idea on the navigation boot camp. Can’t wait to see you guys next leg.

Really enjoy these recaps!

Love watching these recaps along with the season! Thank you for doing them! Also, yes I would love it if you guys explained your one words for the next episode like you did on this one. 😀 can't wait to see you "perform" on the next one!

TAR is a TV show first and foremost so each team in a season is edited to play a different role. Yours has stayed pretty clean and positive, so I love these recaps to hear about all your mishaps they cut out to maintain it 🤣 Aubrey & David got like 30 seconds of screentime an episode until Petra, but obviously the "fighting" edit all went to them.

Such great teamwork!!

These are really fun… keep them coming… I hope.🎉

So excited for this one!

Loving your weekly recaps...thank you both so much for doing this! Just wanted to say your explanation of navigating game me such "Twister" vibes. With the corn field they were driving in and Bob's road (iykyk.) Can't wait to see if Amazing Race is both of your redemption arc from Big Brother.

I am rooting for you guys❤️

You guys are crushing it this season - stoked for the finale

I know Derek you probably won’t see this but if you do I wanted to say good job for you and Claire for wining and I loved seeing you on big brother. Keep being yourself. I can’t wait to see you on reindeer games.

Loved the recap 😊

i absolutely love you both!! BB and AR fan here and you are fabulous!! 🎉❤👏🏻

I feel you, Derek. I also have those hairs on the back of my head that don’t want to stay down. I call it my palm tree lol

I really hope both of you won amazing race 34.

Yay!!! My fav channel!

“No, moriarty is like the smart.. villain” “no yea that’s you” 😂😂

I saw a Facebook recommendation to watch this and am glad I did. You two made me feel like I was on the journey with you. Can’t wait for the next one.

love you guys! was so sad to watch GLENDA and LEMUMBA go! Lemumba is one of my favorite people ever! hes great! Also glad to hear you guys got your map and navigation skills refined after this leg! Perfect timing to refine it seeing as we are now down to 6 very strong teams!

Claire, when you went off on DX did the producers talk to you about it? I'm surprised that didn't make the episode.

Love the 1 hour episode

Winner winner chicken dinner! Rooting for your W!

Firstly thank you for not locking any content behind insta this week. Secondly yes final 6 now literally anyone can win but I am still rooting for both of you.

I’m laughing about not using the map Legends. Glad you had time in the hotel to really hone those navigational skills!

Derek, I don't know if you actually speak any French, but I do, and your "Triste... comme la nuit" was very passable! (Could use a tiiiiny improvement on the "comme") But bravo, and kudos! Not sure exactly how this phrase (Tr: "Sad... like the night") is going to figure into the next episode (along with Claire's hint "perform"), maybe a little theatre/play?... but it's going to be a lot of fun finding out!!! Great job so far, and I'm really hoping you go all the way and win (or at least make final 3 and fight for the win!) Hopefully, you guys doing this blog is a sign that you do indeed take the win! #BB23 (*Edited to add: After watching the next episode of the show, #8, I heard you say you took French classes over a few years at some point. And hearing you speak it as a whole throughout that task, yeah, you're not so bad! Of course, some sounds are always tricky when learning a language that uses different sounds from ones you already use.)

It's weird amazing race doesn't seem to show the teams really fighting anymore

You can call it a survivor challenge if you want, but it will always be the Frankie Grande Battle of the Block challenge to me

Question this week is, where is Claire's BB comic? Good planning with the new navigation. I use the trip odometer if Google maps is messing up and we are figuring mileage to a location.

Loving the recaps. Enjoyed you guys on BB. Hoping you guys win TAR. Where is Claire’s comic?

The romantic couple's relationship meltdowns were a staple in early seasons. I'm surprised how many moments have gone unaired between you guys and Luis & Michelle. It's interesting which two or three minutes of footage per team they're putting on TV this season.

I love you guys, I hope you win....or won.

I feel like I should be paying you guys for all this relationship advice I’m getting. I’m not kidding when I say that if more people listened to things you say on this and other recap episodes, they would definitely have happier and longer lasting relationships. Side note: Please don’t break up or it’s going to completely nullify this comment.

we love you dx

Loving these recaps, but wondering how hard is it to go over things knowing what is to come but not give away any spoilers.

I feel like you guys either won or got 2nd 🤔

Derek pulling the David Voce with the 16.666667%

Didn't know you had a channel. Y'all are adorable

Yall r so cute! Lovn the bts recaps 👍🏽

When will one of you complete the cbs reality trifecta and play survivor?? Please I need it😫

I have a question do you have to choose who will be the driver on the race since the beginning or how that works 🤔

Four years of French but...Je ne parle pas Francais. Sad like Louis? A dramatic performance perhaps? Great recap!

rooting for you guys but it seems like you guys always get in your own way. Agree with claire you guys should've worked on your own. It seems like your mind is constantly stuck in that BB mindset when it's a completely different game. Hope the next legs show improvement!

Claire read my mind because I would really appreciate an explanation of the one words

I have a feeling you guys are either in the top three. You either one first second or third

kitty~~

Kitty!!

Derek should have been asking Claire if he can invite other competitors to go with them. Instead he went rogue lol

I can’t stop laughing. Maps help if you do read them right. Lol

WELCOME TO RATATOUILLE

Absolutely brilliant! The both of you!

unlisted. processing video. I cant even watch it?! :( womp womp womp

So your saying your getting 6th lol

Math jokes , word problems and actual math… y’all are dweebs but you cute haha!