The Amazing Race Recap

The Amazing Race Recap

By Daron Aldridge

March 4, 2013

People thought somebody would get eliminated last night! Hilarious!

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Well, the team clumping doesn’t happen just yet with the first flight at 8 a.m. carrying only Anthony & Bates and Jessica & John. Unfortunately, for the teams right behind them, the next flight doesn’t leave for two and half hours. Team Youtube (Joey & Meghan), The Mullets (Chuck & Wynona) and Team Sock’er Moms (Mona & Beth) have seats on that flight and we quickly find out that the time gap between them and the next back of the pack is wide but not wide enough. Cowboy Royalty Caroline & Jen get their clue at 10:49 a.m. and Team Cape Fear Max & Katie leave about 20 minutes later. Each team has plenty of time to get to the airport.

The first batch touches down in Tahiti to find the earliest flight to New Zealand won’t leave until 8 a.m. the next day. It’s going to be a long airport-dwelling day for them. The brothers offer to play cards and suggest playing for the Express Pass but let the dating couple know that they saw the Pass is no longer free game.

The second flight has all the remaining teams, except The Chameleons Pam & Winnie, who are leaving the Pitstop at 11:48 a.m. They promise they will now strategize before acting but are somewhat dejected by being all alone. Their loneliness is about to be cured with a dose of airline-imposed leveling.




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The doctor delivers that bad news for David that he does indeed have a tear in his Achilles but also in the muscle it’s attached to. Now this is a true sense of defection written all over his face. They appear to be cleared to continue but he must get a walking boot first. They are greeted by all the teams gathered around the table waiting the day away. The competition seems sympathetic to their plight.

On the floor of a Tahiti airport, new alliances are officially and unofficially being formed. Jessica & John recognize the direct competition in Anthony & Bates, so they enlist Team Youtube and Team Sock’er Moms to join them in an information sharing alliance with the purpose of eliminating those not in the alliance. It’s funny because three of the teams being targeted by the Internet personalities and the roller derby moms were part of the OTHER alliance of Jessica & John. But it appears that the dating couple views that agreement as fulfilled with the Express Pass handed over. Unofficially, Team Slapshot continues to get cozy/friendly with Cowboy Royalty. Caroline & Jen may not have formally made an alliance with the brothers but since the brothers are frontrunners, the ladies are getting the most benefit from this budding relationship.

Even though all the teams left Tahiti on the same plane, the story takes a different turn in Auckland. The connecting flights have less seating available but the flights leave every 30 minutes. Since they still have a day full of challenges ahead of them, being spread out likely won’t be a huge detriment.


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