The Amazing Race - Season 13, Episode 10
Figures. We finally get an episode with worthwhile tasks, and it ends like that. The teams stick to Moscow, first heading to a submarine sonar room to pick up a clue from a movie extra. OK, that's not what I meant by "worthwhile tasks". The clue directs teams to a park with leftover monuments to leaders of Russia's past, because like my dad, Russia never wants to throw anything away. Once there, a Roadblock forces the chosen team member to count statues of both Lenin and Stalin, then combine the number to give to a bookseller, who directs them to an address where the next clue awaits. Tricky! It trips up everyone but Nick, who powers through this and the rest of the leg with ruthless efficiency.
Upon getting the right answer, Tina passes it along to Dallas, which doesn't make Ken too happy when he hears about it. He needn't have worried, though, because upon arriving at the final address, Dallas leaves all the money and passports in his cab. That mistake is compounded when he and Toni deliberately disregard the clue's instruction to take a taxi because metro fare will be easier to beg for. They get sent back to take a taxi, which allows Andrew and Dan all the time they need to complete their Speed Bump, which involves dancing.
The Detour sends teams on either a complicated series of stops via metro, or a slightly less complicated series of stops via trolley bus. Nick and Starr choose the metro, and zoom through with no problem whatsoever. Tina/Ken/Andrew/Dan choose the trolley, and they have some initial issues, but work it out fairly quickly.
Toni and Dallas? Sigh. They just inch from stop to stop, begging for the necessary fare each time. In the end, Phil doesn't even wait for them to get to the mat, but just tracks them down and eliminates them where they stand. So the Fratties become the most incompetent team ever to stumble their way into the final three, and I officially don't give a good goddamn who wins this chore of a season. Hooray for everything!
Overall Grade: C
1 comment:
this episode was a real nail biter. it was unfortunate that it ended the way it did. I CANNOT BELIVE the fratties made it this far, particularly after last week with the marching. I mean, really, was that a joke? NO ONE is that uncoordinated. LOL
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