The Amazing Race Recap
By Stephanie DeGateo
November 22, 2006
Welcome to Leg 9B of The Amazing Race, the second part of the requisite uber-leg. When we last left our teams, Tyler and James had just rappelled, face forward, down the outside of a tower at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland. The models get their next clue (which we know from last week included the dread words "KEEP RACING") that directs them to fly to the capital of the country where Chernobyl is located. Not exactly hard, though for a moment St Petersburg crossed my mind. Tyler worries about getting a third eye if he's in close proximity to Chernobyl. I think he's watched a few too many episodes of The Simpsons.
Dustin and Kandice, who were already at the stadium when we cut away last week, are next down the tower When they get their clue, Dustin validates more dumb blonde jokes by mentioning that Chernobyl is where the atomic bomb went off. Kimberly and Rob, Godwin and Erwin and Kaylyn and Lyn each find the clue box at the stadium and are searching for the tower. The teams are not sure where to go, but Karlyn states that they should follow the other two teams our into the field area. In today's recap, we are going to play a little game called Hypocrisy v. Self-Righteousness. Every time a team says or acts like a hypocrite, they will get a mark. Every time a team says or acts self-righteous, they will get a mark. Let's see which annoying team has the most annoying trait. The Lyns earn one mark in the hypocrite column for their decision to follow the Chos and Rob and Kimberly.
Karlyn and Kimberly head down the tower, while Godwin panics to the point where he takes off his equipment and makes Erwin go down the tower first. Erwin comes down the tower on his head – literally scraping his helmet on the tower. Lyn finishes and they are off. Lyn wants to know where the Chos are; Karlyn retorts that they can't worry about the Chos. Rob is down and they are off to Russia, as far as Rob is concerned. Kimberly questions whether Russia is correct, but indicates that she is geographically challenged so maybe she shouldn't really be questioning him on this point. I'm not sure a competition that is all about travel and geography is the best one for someone who is geographically challenged. Godwin finally makes it down the tower and he cries. When Godwin finds out the Lyns left without them, he voices his disappointment with a "dammit." Self-righteous mark!
At the airport, the models are annoyed that there are no flights to the Ukraine that night. They are booked on a morning flight to Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, through Vienna. Rob and Kimberly get to the airport, find out the flight the models and the beauty queens are on is overbooked and then, to add insult to injury, can't buy tickets that night. The three back teams purchase tickets to Kiev through Warsaw. The flights should get in at the same time; however, the Warsaw connection is delayed for 30 minutes. After the models and beauty queens land, they find the next clue on the old Russian cars they are required to drive. The teams are directed to drive 65 miles to the Oster Tank School, a military training school.
The beauty queens find a taxi driver to lead them to the Tank School; Tyler and James ask if they can follow them and split the fee. They are off. Thirty minutes later, Rob and Kimberly and the remaining alliance teams are in their cars. The Chos have a map and ask for directions. Karlyn stops them and asks if they know where they are going. When the Chos ask if they want to follow them, the Lyns agree. Hypocrisy mark! The Lyns proceed to complain about the fact that the Chos are lost and are searching for directions. Of course, they just sit in the car and complain. They don't get out to try and figure out the way to go – they don't get out to let the Chos know that, while they appreciate the help, they'll take in on their own from here on in. Nope – they'd rather just complain.
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