The Amazing Race 23: Episode 11, Part 1

By Daron Aldridge

December 9, 2013

At least they can hang out with the ice bunnies.

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Tim & Marie seem kind of on board with the plan but they have really only been working with teams that can help them, so I suspect this will be short-lived. The three teams suspect that the cousins will gamble on getting the earlier flight.

In the order they arrived at the agency, they all depart, with the doctors leaving as Leo & Jamal arrive. Neither team even acknowledges the other. It’s a bit icy between these guys and it makes me wonder if there have been behind the scenes interactions that are fueling this anger. The reasons given by both teams don’t seem to be enough of an issue to cause this deep of acrimony. The Afghanimals opt for the same flight but admit that they will search for a better flight at the airport.

Hanging around the airport are the doctors, exes and daters and lurching around the airport are the cousins, as they explore other options. They discover the flight that arrives ten minutes earlier and get seats on it. For some strange reason, they feel that the ten minutes will be a game changer for them. They do have the impending Speed Bump but they do seem to be thinking this flight is a better scenario than it really is.

Of course, the guys’ absence on the other teams’ plane just ratchets up their anxiety about being able to keep an eye on the cousins. Now they just get to stew about the fact they either got an earlier flight or missed this flight. Maybe the producers could levy this stress into a Maalox promotional tie-in.




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No delays means that the fellas touch down in Tokyo at 6:12 a.m. and are headed for the crazy cat lady temple. According to the onscreen stamp, the second flight actually lands at 6:17 a.m., so Leo & Jamal’s precious 10-minute lead is already cut in half.

But they are unaware that the Japanese taxis are about to give them a bit more breathing room. When the trio of teams approaches the cab stand, there are only two cabs there, with the exes as the last ones out the terminal. When the cabbies on site don’t know the location, Marie is unwilling to give them the address of the temple she researched because they were quick to just leave them behind. I must admit that Marie has a valid point and it was foolish on the other teams’ part that they didn’t think to get the address of the destination ahead of time. It’s like these people haven’t just spent the last few weeks on a Race.

It worked in the exes’ favor because the other two cabbies are unwilling to leave without the third team; so they just wait for that last cab to arrive.

Leo & Jamal pounce on the grounds of the temple and get their next clue. It’s the Detour – Knock It Off or Call It Up. For Knock, the team goes to Tokyo Media City and will partake in a game of Human Bowling. They have to don kimonos and ride a tubing sled down a ramp and get a strike of 10 five-foot tall bowling pins. For Call, they go to park and use a phone booth filled with water and goldfish to call a number. Then relay the message to their partner, who then retrieves the clue from the local woman.


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