New at BOP: Review: Matrix Resurrections Movie Review: Moonfall Movie Reviews: Scream The #1 Movie in America November Forecast The Many Saints of Newark October Forecast New Trivia Question All site updates Share & Save   Tweet Print this column

As expected, Matt and Gary get to Pikk Hermann Tower and think they have to get in the tower itself. One little missed word can cause a world of hurt on the Amazing Race. This is just another slight variation on misreading a clue. After a commercial break (for us, not them), they spot the clue box. It seems that the cabbies are unionized in Estonia as the driver that Matt and Gary get not only knows the one driving Meghan and Cheyne but actually calls him. Unfortunately for the not-so-dynamic dad/son duo, the other cabbie blows them off.

Meghan and Cheyne get to the Detour and start their volleyball match. After scoring a quick three points back-to-back, they have a bit more difficulty. Brian and Ericka arrive just ahead of the brothers and Globetrotters. With Ericka and Brian trying to find the marked path, the four guys are following along. Sam, I thought you guys were just complaining about Flight and Easy following you and now you are doing the same...again.

Meghan and Cheyne score the final two points and for the second leg in a row, the pitstop is at the same location as the last task. After a brisk jog, they are team number one once again. The other three teams stop pulling a Blair Witch Project and get on the marked path finally. They race to the volleyball option, which there are only two courts but three teams. Not shockingly, Brian and Ericka are the odd team out for volleyball.

Brian and Ericka proceed to try Sling since they courts were full. None of the teams are having any luck with vegetables widely missing the target and neither team able to score in volleyball initially. Of course, Sam breaks us off a truly Napoleon-esque "This is ridiculous." It's time for a commercial.

The guys are finally getting into a groove but the Globetrotters finish first but head in the wrong direction, this gives Sam and Dan a chance to get ahead, which they do. In the course of the race down the slippery, questionably stable wood plank pathway, Flight Time catches up to Dan and tries to pass but slips. This makes him to cause Dan to lose his footing also. So, all the hype about this leg getting physical really was nothing more than a pratfall. That doesn't stop Big Easy from being mad because he thinks Dan threw an elbow at Flight. It's no secret that Sam and Dan are probably my least favorite of the teams left but they did nothing wrong in this case. Oh yeah, the brothers are checked in as team number two and the Globetrotters are number three.

Matt and Gary arrive, just as Brian and Ericka are finishing up the task. The latter two are team number four. Matt and Gary know they are last but they continue on with the Detour, so they could finish it up the race the right way. The father and son don't get a reprieve this time and are eliminated. While I would've preferred that the brothers were gone, they will at least keep the competition heated.

And the previews show that will be the case as the brothers try to yoink Brian and Ericka's cab while they are in the middle of a challenge. I will be on vacation next week but BOP's fearless leaders David and Kim will break down the shenanigans of the next to last episode of this season.

Continued:       1       2       3       4