The Amazing Race Recap

Cathy Drone

By Daron Aldridge

March 23, 2010

I bet they have so much to talk about.

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Steve and Allie are leaving the Roadblock in third and Carol and Brandy show up. Once again, Brandy the acrophobic is chosen as the Roadblock doer in a task that deals with heights, which cause a mini hissy fit on her part. Refer to the above assessment of whining and bickering for how I feel about Carol and Brandy. Carol speaks for me when she says that she hopes that Brandy isn't in a "piss-ass mood when she gets back up here." No kidding, Carol.

The brothers stop by a business and the lady points them back to Reims where Taittinger is based. Then they cut to Louie and Michael getting a completely different destination from a hotel clerk. The cops follow a person from the hotel to the town of Pierry. This is where the field can get blown wide open in this leg.

Carol and Brandy leave the Roadblock in fourth place and the cowboys are nowhere to be seen. I am inclined to make a lame riding off into the sunset reference but I will refrain...somewhat.

I'm not exactly sure of his direction-giving credentials, but Steve and Allie ask a painter for help and he tells them to go to Reims. As many times as we are shown the name "Taittinger," this episode feels like a commercial for the bubbly. While they return to Reims, Carol and Brandy are pointed to Pierry.

Fresh from their countryside drive, Jet and Cord get to the Roadblock and they are out of there quickly. A local tells them to go to Reims. So, here is the breakdown so far for the teams actually in contention this leg (sorry, Big Brother and South Carolina): Super Fuzz and Carol and Brandy are heading to the town of Pierry and the brothers, the cowboys and coach/daughter are going back to Reims. All right; back to the race.

Speaking of Big Brother, they finally get to Joan of Arc and head to the Roadblock.

The mystery is solved about who is on the right path when we see Michael and Louie arrive in Pierry at the Detour. That means that depending on tasks, we are looking at the cops and the dating ladies finishing first. This Detour's options are Tower or Terra. For Tower, they have to build a champagne glass tower out of 680 glasses and 15 levels high. THEN, fill the glasses with champagne. Terra has the teams search a square kilometer of grape vines for a bunch marked with a tiny race flag. Super Fuzz goes with Terra and I am 100% on board with that decision. Tower looks frighteningly difficult to darn near impossible.




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The brothers are the first of trio of navigationally challenged teams to have the wind let out of their sails when the woman at the Taittinger headquarters breaks it to them that they need to go to Pierry and not Reims. Jordan informs Dan, "The lesson from this leg is never trust a pretty girl." (Better episode title #2...It's accurate, appropriate and ironic coming from the gay brother on the team.)


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