The Amazing Race Recap

By Daron Aldridge

December 1, 2009

*sad Globetrotters whistle*

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Big Easy is struggling through the letters and can't keep his previous guesses straight. Since he does have the first letter, it shouldn't be too difficult if he can sort through those because there are really only a couple dozen possible answers (I think). But the underhandedness of Dan seems to have created a mental block on him. Brian and Ericka are now at the Roadblock and tipsy Brian starts answering the phones.

Meghan and Cheyne are still in first and get to the Detour that is either Legend or Lager. For Legend, sadly, they don't have to recreate the classic Tom Cruise fantasy film but instead they have to create a golem from Jewish mythology out of clay on a wooden shell and deliver it to a synagogue. For Lager, the teams have to deliver 30 draft beers from a brewery to a certain bar filled with soccer hooligans. Clearly working for the Czech tourism board and not Alcoholics Anonymous, Phil proclaims that the Czech people drink more beer per capita than any other country in the world. Meghan and Cheyne go with the Legend.

The brothers get to Kryocentrum for their task and they mock how ridiculous they look in the required getup. Since they are making fun of themselves I don't have to and frankly, I am tired of writing about them.

Brian gets all his letters and Big Easy is still in his chair trying to finish this task up. He tells Brian that he has been in there for two and a half hours. At this point, he can only hope that the same will be true for Brian.




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At Legend, Meghan and Cheyne begin shellacking their golem in clay. These two are working very cohesively this leg with only minor disagreements. Cut to the Roadblock and Brian confidently hands over his latest guess. Bingo! He is correct and bounds like an inebriated Tigger out of the place declaring, "And I did it drunk too!"

Right now, Big Easy hates life probably as much as he hates Dan. He caves to the pressure and goes outside to take the four hour penalty for not completing the Roadblock. This choice has to be based upon their expectation that the leg is far from over. I have made no secret that the Globetrotters are my favorite team on this season but I think this was supremely foolish move. Four hours is a long time in and out of the race. If he was going to take the penalty, he should have done it as soon as Dan flaked on him. That would have built in some kind of cushion before Brian and Ericka showed up. Better yet, I would have just taken a breather for a few minutes from the letters to clear my head and then start over. The mental game got the best of him and is possibly going to be their downfall sadly.

Dan and Sam get to the bridge and choose Legend. Brian and Ericka arrive at Kryocentrum and Ericka confesses that she didn't even see snow until she was 21, which is fine by her. Might they struggle here or are the editors just giving a glimmer of hope that the Globetrotter penalty isn't their death knell? It looks like the latter is true as the married couple do complete the icebox task.


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