The Amazing Race 23: Episode 8

By David Mumpower

November 17, 2013

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Marie appears likely to remove a boil in need of lancing for another episode. She completes the camel dressage challenge to the satisfaction of three of the four judges, good enough to advance. Oddly, Marie’s stupidity in the moments afterward could have a profound impact on another team. For no apparent reason, Marie wanders into the area where Leo & Jamal are preparing food for a rehearsal dinner. She is lost, and has not read her clue correctly. Somehow, her confusion and odd behavior strikes the Afghanimals as an indication that their task is taking too long. The dudes switch sides of the challenge, which we as viewers realize is hysterical.

As the boys scramble, Tim & Marie do the only thing they know how to do: argue. Tim wants the couple to carry their bags. Marie…never wants to do whatever it is that Tim does. At roughly the same time, Amy & Jason complete the Beauty Contest challenge with most but not all of Jason’s body parts uninjured. They reach the U-Turn, but they choose not to use it. Had they been aware of Tim & Marie failing to advance further, they could have put that tandem in danger. Instead, karma chooses to give Marie a pass this week. But it’s coming. Oh yes, it’s coming.

The Afghanimals quickly tear through the dressage challenge. Their excitement is short lived when they discover that they are victims of the U-Turn. Here is hoping that they threw out the ingredients when they left the meal preparation area. The good news for the Californians is that they are still in fourth place at the moment. They do not appear to be in danger of elimination since the female teams are so far behind.




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In a shocking twist, Nicole & Travis win the leg. Nobody could have possibly seen that coming because, you know, Nicole missed her jump a couple of times on the rapids when they were only a few hours ahead of the other challengers. And we’re back to pimping as the doctors are informed that they EACH win their choice of Ford vehicles. Thank God the doctors win a pair of cars. How else would they be able to afford them?

The Afghanimals are playing the helpless victim card right now. They attempt to convince one another that the only reason they are being U-Turned is because they are strongest team remaining. Never let the facts get in the way of some quality whinging. Hopefully, this situation escalates into them yelling at each other over nothing once again. That’s always fun with these two.

The more important U-Turn occurs elsewhere at roughly the same time. Marie is currently exchanging cross words with her ex-boyfriend. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. For once, she is right but since we want her to die screaming, please ignore that part of the paragraph. What matters is that they have wasted a lot of time, so they feel pressured to utilize a U-Turn against another team. Little do they realize that there is no reason to do so yet the Bunnies fall victim to their panic.


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