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

Both sets of all-girl teams have finished the Roadblock (Nadiaya – two attempts, Brittany – one attempt) and leave as monster trucker Rob jumps into the kitchen. He doesn’t struggle at all. This task proves to be one of those that is scarier in explanation than in execution. I may be a bit premature in that conclusion since unskilled Roadblock laborers Gary & Will have yet to try it.

The 6.5 foot tall Gary does the Roadblock and his sizable wing-span helps him cradle the dishes easily.

Previously, I said it looked like none of the other teams would make the 7:36 train. I was wrong and I am okay with being wrong because the team to catch up is James & Abba. The twins, on the other hand, are literally about a minute late, as they see it head out of the station. I am smiling on the inside and outside as the teams have to recognize that the twins have an Express Pass and they can force them to burn it off by U-Turning them. Please let this happen.

Well, even if that doesn’t happen, the first train’s teams learn from a passenger that the next one doesn’t leave Surabaya until 10:55 a.m. That would be a three and a half hour gap between the front and back of the pack. The girls aren’t too happy to learn that it is pretty accurate information. Instead of 10:55, the next one leaves at 10:50 a.m. Natalie & Nadiaya condescendingly say they are now stuck with all the stragglers in the back. Well, ladies (and I use that term loosely), then you are also stragglers, then.

On the long train ride, four of the five teams acknowledge that they are easily in the front of the pack with a nice cushion of a lead; so they make a pact to not use the U-Turn at all. The lone team not part of this agreement is Headbangers Ball, who have adopted the “go at it alone” strategy on the race. We will see if they attempt to use the U-Turn on their train mates or the back of the bunch.

The clue reveals itself aboard the train and it’s the Detour: Egghead or Lion’s head. For Egghead, they have to get four eggs from a store and then ride to a “magician” who will place a coconut half on their heads. He will then light the coconut on fire and fry up two eggs each, which they have to then eat. For Lion’s head, they have to dress with a 40 pound lion headdress and perform in a street parade that stops several times. When they return to the park, they get their clue.

Of these teams on the train, only Team Beekman says they are going to try Egghead. That means that metal James will be reuniting with the “Lion” in Indonesia. [INSERT air guitar lick here] Rock on.

As they scramble to their bike taxi to get to their respective Detour location, it becomes a clear that Egghead’s extra stop at the store for the eggs proves trickier than Lion’s head. Team Beekman is trying to navigate the streets, while the other teams are already well into the Lion’s head task.

With a profound amount of support and encouragement from Ryan toward Abbie doing this difficult task, the divorcees are the first to complete the Detour. They are a much more cohesive team than I pegged them for.

Before Team Beekman even gets to their reenactment of the execution of Del Delacroix from The Green Mile (okay, they aren’t really getting set on fire), all four teams have finished Lion’s head. As the boys are serving as a stove top for Indonesian locals, the four last place teams are all aboard and leaving Surabaya for Bangil.

Continued:       1       2       3       4       5       6