The Amazing Race 13, Episode 10

You're Gonna Get Me Killed

By Kim Hollis and David Mumpower

November 30, 2008

They're still stuck in Russia.

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Previously on the Amazing Race, four teams started the leg and four teams finished. None were eliminated. Kill us now. We're starting to like Team Superbad's chances of surviving the apocalypse. They're harder to kill than cockroaches. Well, a different kind of cockroaches. For them to survive this leg, they'll have to perform an extra task, meaning that as long as there are no colossal mistakes by their competitors, this is the end of Dandrew's surprising run. Naturally, this means that the previews for this week tout a massive, colossal mistake of epic proportions. Stuff like this is why we'd rather be recapping Top Chef.

We aren't going to rank the teams again this week since, you know, nothing changed from last week, but we will again point out how impressed we were with mother/son team Toni & Dallas. After winning their first leg, they appear poised to challenge Nick & Starr for supremacy this season. Then again, Ken & Tina ran their best leg in six episodes, meaning everyone is on top of their game...except for Team Superbad. We don't think Dan's gonna be cast in the Footloose remake, but it would be hilarious if he were.

Toni & Dallas are first to leave, as their clue instructs them to head to a retired nuclear Russian submarine and hunt for Red October. One ping only, Mr. Dallas. You'd think we were joking, and in fact we were before we unpaused the TiVo and realized that The Amazing Race has brought in an actual actor from the movie. He will give them their next clue.




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On a side note, the producers have elected not to show us the time of departure for the various teams. We're sure this will prove to be significant at some point later in the episode.

What we do know for now is that "submarine" is a difficult word to translate. After raising their voices to loudly repeat the word in English fails to help their cab driver understand them, Toni & Dallas draw a picture of what we think is a golf sand trap. The translation at the bottom of the screen indicates that he understands that they mean a submarine. Ken & Tina are next out of the gate, sometime between five minutes and 17 hours later. They also attempt to shout at their taxi driver before realizing a game of Pictionary is required. Tina proceeds to draw something and show it to the Russian man. His confusion is tangible, causing us to hope that he'll say, "Oh, baby fishmouth!" Instead, he somewhat miraculously says, "Submarine."

Nick & Starr begin the leg in third place, their worst position since the fourth episode. Starr tells the camera that she feels pressure to perform up to her brother's expectations. We admire her dedication, but given the fact that they've already won three vacations, a car and a boat so far, we think he's probably satisfied with her overall performance, unlike...


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