The Amazing Race Recap

By Daron Aldridge

November 8, 2010

What have you gotten me into this time, son? (He's the Hank Hill of Amazing Race.)

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Team HSN has employed the hospitality of an older Russian gentleman and found the tower but blindly walk right past the marked door as Brook is saying “Check every door. It will be marked.” You know the producers love when these moments occur and I am right there with them on that.

After a freefall to last place, Jill & Thomas finally spin the plates the right way and get to leave the Detour with clue in hand. Jill points out the obvious, “We are in last place. That is not good.” You are correct on both counts, ma’am. And for your next obvious observation, you may point out that the sun is bright and Thomas went to Notre Dame. I kid because those who can do and those who can’t recap.

The new tag team of Nat & Kat and Nick & Vicki find the tower together and send Kat and Nick up to the find their next destination, which is explained as "if you’re keen, the view will reveal the location of your next clue," which doesn’t help them out.

Rule-breakers Michael & Kevin have arrived at the tower finally but must wait for one of the two earlier teams to come down. After circling the block aimlessly, Brook & Claire spot Nick and Kat on the tower and run for it. While this is going on, Jill & Thomas seem to have recovered one spot and gotten their next clue at Bank Bridge before Chad & Stephanie, who must be just taking in the sights of St. Petersburg.




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Nick and Kat are still perched up in the tower and have only spotted some conspicuous graffiti that says DS13. Nick points out that the clues are usually more obvious than that. He then turns around to see the figurine of the church and asks “How dumb are we?” Then he suggests that when they get down to just tell the other teams they couldn’t find it but saw something that had DS13 on it. This is a pretty smart, yet conniving plan by Nick.

As Nick relays the ruse to Kevin and Claire that all he saw was “Take your chances DS13,” Kevin naively says that he doesn’t think Nick would lie to them “because he is awesome.” That has to be rooted in some need for acceptance by a cool, tattooed guy on the part of Kevin. Fortunately, for him, Claire says that is has to be more obvious than that, so they keep looking.

Poor Chad & Stephanie are finally at the bridge in last place. Jill & Thomas stumble upon Gary & Mallory, and they also decide to work together.

Kevin and Claire not only find the figurine clue but Kevin accepts that his awesome idol Nick probably lied to them. As the father & son and Team HSN get directions from the cab, their ignorance of clue-following is contagious as both teams hop in a cab for the church. This is going to be a tricky Pitstop with two potential elimination-inducing time penalties, especially for teams I wouldn’t expect it from.


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