The Amazing Race 25 - Episode 5 Recap
Morocc' and Roll
By Daron Aldridge
October 28, 2014
The initial Detour decisions look like this: Tea Time was chosen by Adam & Bethany, Brooke & Robbie, Misti & Jim and Tim & Te Jay (who show up later than the rest); Twirl Time was selected by Keith & Whitney, Kym & Alli, Amy & Maya and Shelley & Nici.
The teams that went with Tea don’t have much issue with locating the tea shop and the restaurant, so my "one location" rationale doesn’t really hold water. As the teams watch the demonstration, only the surfers are notably taking their time to perfect the holding and pouring method before wasting time attempting it. Practice makes perfect, and the lack of practice makes imperfection or even passable work for these teams. First flub comes via the rushed Chompers who fail to notice that only one hand can be used to hold the tray but they get the pouring down. Too bad they are still denied and no reason is given for denial. Next, Tag Team’s Robbie fails to notice the need to pour the tea to a certain height. Another denial.
Over at Twirl Time, cute little Maya just doesn’t have the cranial circumference for the hat given and it keeps flying off. But it’s not too devastating because none of the others are faring much better. Cyclist Kym has induced a twirl headache and neck ache, while there is no rhyme or reason to what method the Survivors are using. They seem to keep trading off twirl duties with no luck.
As those teams flounder, Adam & Bethany have practiced enough and even gotten validation from a restaurant worker that their technique would be good enough. It’s time for the real attempt, which they do and get the clue, much to the dismay of the other two teams who continue to do the same thing wrong with, shockingly, the same result of no clue. TNT has arrived and we are about to find out if they can go two-for-two on restaurant-based tasks.
But first, over at Twirl, Kym has finally relinquished the tasseled hat to Alli who conquers the dizzy challenge and they are out of the Detour, en route to the U-Turn spot. Thanks to the surfers getting twisted around, Team Quicksilver gets there first and opts to not U-Turn anyone. While I would normally agree with this rationale for lead teams, when there is not one but TWO team advantages still on the table, you must do something to flush them out. The ladies are now heading to Phil, who is hidden away in a carpet shop.
The surfers sail up to the U-Turn and go the same route as the cyclists, which puts them neck-and-neck to get to the Pitstop. And they retain that order with Kym & Alli once again claiming first and Adam & Bethany regaining their rightful place in the top two (at least in my mind that is their rightful place).
Before the wrestlers or dentists can finish their Tea Time, TNT has passed them and is making their way to the U-Turn box, which they get to and choose to not use. Phil greets them and anoints them as team number three.
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