The Amazing Race Recap

Episode 1 - Part 2

By Daron Aldridge

October 1, 2014

In the second half of the episode, the same team stops them from stealing a taxi. Karma!

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The first plane touches down and the teams scramble for cabs. As luck would have it, Team DDS snags a cab with a driver that is as enthusiastic about winning as they are. This pays off for the toothy married couple. They arrive first at the plaza but are unable to find the sign- up sheet for the seaplanes that await them.

Their wandering opens the door for others to pass them up, which is what Tim & Te Jay and the surfers do. They claim the slots on the first plane. Misti & Jim finally make it to the sheet and are on the next plane with cyclists Kym & Alli. Rounding out the flight's teams are Dennis & Isabelle as the only team on seaplane three.

The 40 minute gap between planes dwindles some as one by one the first three seaplane leave and the other batch of teams have landed and start to head to the plaza to sign up.

The lead plane with Adam & Bethany and Tim & Te Jay give us a glimpse at this exquisite setting. Bethany is particularly excited because the surfer girl wants to dip into the ocean. Plane to boat is the next transition on this tropical leg, as they land and immediately board boats to transport them to a cay for some rock climbing and cliff jumping.

Right upon arriving at the next stop, the teams have to climb up and around a rock formation in the middle of the ocean and then jump two stories into the water below to retrieve a clue in a bottle.




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The dating dudes get there first, but the surfing pair are clearly stronger and narrow the lead. While they climb, the next plane leaves with dynamic dental duo Misti & Jim and psycho cyclists Kym & Alli. That might not be too fair of a nickname but the bike racers do appear to have a wild side but good-natured so far. Said wild side is subdued at the moment because Kym is about to vomit in the seaplane. Yay, nausea.

The leap of faith into the ocean is now behind the lead teams as the next one arrives. The message in the bottle is thankfully not from a grief-stricken widower played by Kevin Costner but rather a parchment pointing teams to a ship called Blackbeard's Revenge for their next clue. Both ARRRRRGH heading that way now. My apologies for the bad pirate pun.

Team Ride or Die is thrilled to be rock climbing on actual rocks and not just in a gym. The dentists are simply focused on making up the ground they lost by not being on the first seaplane.

The college boys get their clue from “Blackbeard,” whose graying beard is in stark opposition to his role's namesake. The clue directs them to pull a dingy ashore with a guide rope. Once ashore, we get a Roadblock. Both the boyfriends and Team Hang Ten are on the beach, having survived their encounters with Blackbeard and his cannon that he fires off to mark the arrival of each team.


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