Amazing Race 15: Episode 3

By Daron Aldridge

October 13, 2009

Whoopsie daisies.

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Zev is struggling to get the last move which requires him to be crouched down and walk with hands and feet across a log. Justin says Zev has the body of an 80-year-old and he is clearly drained of energy. Wow. Justin is right but Zev also has the stamina of an 80-year-old. On the other hand, Dan rips through the Roadblock and the brothers are on their way to Phil.

It's time for intentional comedy from a team's interview. Describing why they chose Wrap, Matt explains, "We are used to hunting and spotting animals. I can tell the difference between a male ‘peasant' and a female ‘peasant'." You know what, Matt, I can too because ‘peasants' are people. I am fairly certain that you meant PHEASANT as in the bird and not the commoners during the Middle Ages.

Zev finally picks his exhausted self off the ground, finishes the Roadblock and jumps in Terry's cab. As more and more teams Wrap up (yeah, I said it) the Detour and start on the Roadblock, Lance and Keri are still hawking helmets. They finally make the sale and head to the Roadblock.

Flight and Ericka are the next ones out of the Roadblock and their respective teams are on their way. As we see Meghan and Gary embrace their inner monkey, it is clear that Zev is only one to have problems with it. Keri is the chosen one for her team and she is getting the usual encouragement/yell session from Lance.

Bringing up the rear, Maria and Tiffany and Mika and Canaan finally complete the detour.

Phil greets an enthusiastic Zev and Justin as the first team to arrive at the pit stop with Dan and Sam as team number two and Flight Time and Big Easy as team number three.

Next we are given the pay off of someone losing their passport and it is...(drum roll)...Zev and Justin. But wait, didn't they just get checked in at team number one???




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Apparently, they left the interview with Phil and realized that Zev's passport was missing. Justin sums up the rollercoaster of a day, "We went from last to first to losing a passport." The boys then must approach Phil to let him know of the situation. Our stoic host informs them that without their "travel documents" they won't be able to continue in the race, so if they don't find them before the last team checks in, they will be out of the race. So, it is looking like Cambodia is DQ country and sadly, that doesn't stand for Dairy Queen but rather disqualification. That puts Sam and Dan as now number one and Flight and Easy as number two.

Logically, Zev and Justin speculate that it must be in Terry's car since he was with them all day. They get a hold of him and ever the accommodating man, Terry obliges their request but I am thinking that this fruitless search is like a needle in a haystack. I hope it works out for them, as they are one of my favorite pairs this season, but assuming all the teams are only separated by an hour or so, that is a tall order.

Back to the Roadblock. Maria is pulling a Zev and keeps falling off the log as Mika and Canaan arrive and finish it with ease. Team after team checks in: Brian and Ericka as number three, Matt and Gary as number four, Meghan and Cheyne as number five, Lance and Keri as number six, and Mika and Canaan as number seven.

There is not a lot of tension in the editing as we see Maria and Tiffany show up as the last team but we haven't seen a big discovery by Zev and Justin to let us think that there could be a chance they survive this leg. Alas, Maria and Tiffany are spared elimination once again...they are lucky and probably in the right profession as gamblers.

Phil lets Zev and Justin know that they are no longer in the race. For the first time in Amazing Race history a team is disqualified and I am bummed it was a team I liked.

Reflecting on the race experience, Justin concludes, "I think we will be better friends." And Zev, who is hasn't let his Asperger's syndrome hinder him on the race, feels he got so much out of the race. He says, "This was my dream to be on the race and it proved to me that I am capable of changing and I don't have to do a daily routine day-by-day and do different things and succeed at them."

Next week, the teams get to traipse through the desert and slide down a snow ski slope all on the same leg. Intrigued? I am. See you then.


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