Another One Bites the Dust
Last week there was a double U-Turn which didn't slow down Matt & Redmond that much, though it did damage their relationship with Ashton & Vanck - and it ended up taking out my team of Sean & Olive.
Michael & Liz were the first team out at 8:17am - the route info tells them to make their way to Farrokh Bulsara's house in stone town (they are already in stone town) where "Another One Bites the Dust" to find their next clue. First thing they need to find out is that Farrokh Bulsara is the birth name of Freddy Mercury of Queen, so they need to go to Mercury house.
-Mike & Liz unfortunately are steered wrong from the get-go and they waste a lot of time looking at bags of dirt (another one bites the dust).
-Tara & Joey jump in a cab and the cabdriver knows where to take them - even though Joey was sure he didn't, Tara just ignored him and that proved the right call - they are the first team to get the clue to the DETOUR - Lock or Knock.
In Lock: They will have to find the rooms full of Zanzibar chests which all have a hidden compartment in them. If they can first figure out there is a hidden compartment and then find one with a key in it - they must use the key to unlock a tricky lock to open the chest and retrieve their clue.
In Knock - they have to find the three royal doors in stone town (which is a maze of little alley ways) knocking on the correct doors which are marked with a lion, serpent and falcon emblem, they will receive three marked carvings - once they have all three they have to deliver them to a shop on a certain street to get the next clue.
- I'm just going to say that both of these tasks are hard! Joey & Tara start out doing knock and she lucked into actually knocking on one of the doors and getting the first carving - but it was just a fluke, they have no idea how to find the other doors so when they come upon the marked door that is the Lock detour, they decide to switch.
Vanck & Ashton start out the day fighting and it just gets worse. Every decision he makes she argues, every decision she makes he argues... it was unpleasant. Matt & Redmond are right behind them they go to different places but find out having the locals use the computer that Farrokh Bulsara is Freddy Mercury and then they pretty quickly get to his house.
-Michael & Liz are still digging through dirt because someone told them that Farrokh Bulsara's house had been demolished... they finally decide to ask at a tour place and they see Freddy Mercury on the wall, showing his name - and find out the place is right up the street (d'oh!)
Lock:
-Tara & Joey are the first to the room full of these chests and they start searching.
-Michael & Tara show up and Michael pretty quickly realizes that the bottom drawers are shallower than the box and finds the secret compartments so they know where to look at least.
-Matt & Redmond choose lock, as well as Logan & London and Brooke & Scott.
Knock:
-Ashton has decided they are going to knock - so there was endless yelling about which direction to go, when to ask directions, she just wanted to go-go-go, he wanted to be more methodical. At one point she says if she is wrong she will gladly admit that she is wrong - but she lied and when he threw that in her face... I think she is just over him, she's not able to be nice anymore.
Shamir & Sarah and Becca & Floyd are the last two teams out looking for Mercury house. Shamir & Sarah say they are going to work on their communication this leg.. but you know how that goes.
Lock:
-Mike & Liz are the first team to find key and get the clue to travel by ferry back to the mainland and find the metal shop in town.
-Scott & Brooke and Logan & London have now arrived and immediately Brooke is whining and complaining about how heavy the chests are and her resounding refrain of the episode, "I can't do this." Poor Scott.
-Tara & Joey still haven't figured out the hidden drawer and with all those people there now, they decide to switch back to knock.
Knock:
-Ashton & Vanck fighting, fighting, fighting, he wants to switch she almost screams at him that they are not switching and amid the fighting they find someone who actually knows the doors and tells them where all three are - but can they find them... that's another story.
Floyd & Tara decide to do lock and Sarah & Shamir decide to do knock - well she does and dragging the man-baby around all day was a chore for all of us to endure.
Lock:
-When Floyd & Becca show up Brooke welcomes them with,"Hi, welcome to hell." (She is such a negative nelly) and immediately Floyd chooses the room that Brooke is not in (I do not blame him, she is wholly unpleasant.) But it is Brooke that is the next to discover the hidden drawers, unfortunately Matt saw her find it and he finds the key right away and the Boys are gone (really, these guys are charmed I swear.) Scott & Brooke found a key but couldn't get the lock open so they look for another key and find one and finally open a chest and get the clue. As they are about to leave Becca asks if they need that other key and Scott gives it to her... much to Brooke displeasure. But Scott figures having another team owe them something is not a bad thing.
Becca & Floyd then open the chest and also take off for the Ferry Terminal.
Knock:
-Sara & Shamir are trying to ask directions but he demands her attention so he can berate her while she is getting directions... I dislike Shamir a whole bunch.
-Ashton & Vanck have found all the doors and gotten the clue to hit the ferry.
-Tara & Joey are bickering back and forth but they're not mad, she just dishes it right back at him and it's working for them - they get it out and don't take it personally and most importantly keep moving... and they finish and head for the Ferry.
Detour:
-Logan & London are the last team left at the lock detour and they finally decide to switch. As they hit the street there is a lady right outside that knew where every one of the royal doors were so they knocked this one out quickly and headed for the ferry.
-Sarah & Shamir still have one more door to find... and finally he breaks her and she agrees to switch tasks.
Ferry:
Everyone is on the same ferry, watching the gangplank to see if Team LoLo or Sarah & Shamir are going to make it... and Logan & London do arrive - Sarah & Shamir do not.
Back on the mainland they all jump in taxi's and head for the metal shop where they get the clue to the ROADBLOCK: Heavy Metal - one team member will have to turn an aluminum sheet into a ladle strainer along side a craftsman in the ear-splitting din of the metalwork shop.
-Becca, Joey, Vanck said he wanted to do it and he better do well or Ashton will kill him.
-Scott thinks Brooke should do this one, she's more artistic but as soon as she sees she has to work with metal, "OMG, I don't think I'm going to have the strength for this." (None of us had the strength to listen to her constant whining, complaining, tears... I also dislike Brooke in this race.)
-Becca has good grip strength from climbing and she knows that Brooke will have trouble cutting the metal so she goes and helps her as a thank you for the key... but once the circle is cut Brooke is still bawling that she can't punch the holes and she can't swing the hammer. She goes out and wants Scott to bolster her but he's over it - the other teams actually start encouraging her - Redmond even stops by to tell her she can do it, Mike also helps her by showing her how to use the weight of the metal to shape the handle... a damsel in distress I guess, but I really wish someone had slapped her, "Snap out of it!" In the end she stuck with it and got the ladle completed, good for her, I guess.
-But long before that, Joey was the first to get a pass on his ladle and they got the clue to the PIT STOP: Coco Beach (ooh, I want to go to there.) Becca & Floyd are right behind them.
Oh hey, Sarah & Shamir are on the ferry. They must have found the key and clue. But they don't get to the Roadblock with anyone else there.
Here's How They Finished:
1) Tara & Joey - they won $5K each.
2) Becca & Floyd - Fun meter is max red right now.
3) Liz & Michael
4) Matt & Redmond
5) London & Logan
6) Ashton & Vanck - she wants to enjoy this experience but it's very hard, she's stuck with him (she says with Vanck standing right beside her (yeah, she's a peach.)
7) Brooke & Scott - -she is so grateful to all the other teams, she would not have finished without them.
Finally, in the dark, Phil comes and meets Sara & Shamir at the Roadblock to let them know they are ELIMINATED from the race. He says he's proud of her and how he ran the race (really?) and I think she seemed relieved it was over - though she will remember all the great things they got to do (I'm sure not having to ever see Shamir again was prize in itself.)
With Sara & Sharmir leaving, that takes Sharon R., Katie L., Robert L., and Kevin R. out of the pool.
We head right into the next leg where all the teams are heading to Alesund, Norway!
That's 5000 miles from Tanzania, and everyone is on the same flight.
Once they land in Alesund, they have to go to a lighthouse and eat some rakfisk (salted and fermented fish) to get their next clue.
Oh and the Express Pass can only be used through leg five, which is this leg, so Floyd & Becca say they are definitely using it this leg. The best part of the Express Pass talk was Scott teasing Brooke with it, he says he has the express pass which she does not find funny, so he keeps bringing it up (poking the bear if you will) which kind of tickled me and made Brooke mad (hehe).
-Becca & Floyd were the first team to the lighthouse followed closely by Brooke & Scott and Ashton & Vanck - Rakfisk for everyone! Everyone eats it no problem, except for Brooke - immediately, "I can't eat all this." Scott has to be a constant cheerleader which must just be exhausting.
Becca & Floyd are the first team to get the clue, Route info to drive themselves to Slinngen or... there was also a Fast Forward - which they decide to go for (really?? You guys have the Express Pass, greedy - but they want to come in first so can't really blame them I guess.) Then Phil tells us this fast forward will require Floyd & Becca to parachute out of a helicopter (WHAT? Oh man, they are going to love that!)
-Scott wanted to do the Fast forward too, but when he saw Becca & Floyd were already in the helicopter there was no point. Scott & Brooke have a fight in the car, he's just over her this leg.
-All the rest of the teams are eating the fish and then heading out for Slinnigen.
-FF - in the helicopter, Floyd & Becca are seeing amazing scenery, they even fly through a rainbow over a fjord - the ff was worth it just for that shot. But, they still have no idea what's in store for them.
ROADBLOCK: Who wants to help break a world record?
Every year this town tries to break it's own world record for largest hand stacked bonfire. They build a 13 storey stack of wooden pallets and set it on fire. (Sadly the fire won't be until a week after this, but they did include a clip so we could see it torched.)
-In the roadblock, one team member must climb the side of the stack to the top, nail down one of the pallets, then climb back down. (Oh man, Becca is going to be bummed she missed the climbing challenge.)
-Matt scurries up and down the thing like it's nothing.
-Joey does pretty good for the old guy of the group.
-Ashton is doing this one because she thinks she does everything well and Vanck is useless.
-Mike has Liz do this because she's smaller and he keeps calling her a little sewer rat, which I would not have been too happy about.
-London does it too - oh, and Scott is doing this despite his crippling fear of heights, I think just to get away from Brooke - who has the gall to scream at him the whole time to hurry up (really lady, when you sniveled and cried through your last Roadblock? She's a piece of work this one.)
Matt & Redmond were the first team to get the clue to the DETOUR: Trolls or Troll
There is some fairy tale about a great fire and fire trolls being trapped in buildings anyway - in Trolls, they have to find the buildings with the troll markings, recite a spell to "free" them and then collect a huge firework. Once they have all six fireworks and deliver them back to the theatre they'll get the clue to the Pit Stop.
In Troll: they must kayak through a local canal and check the lures of local fisherman (who can fish from their own windows) to find the lures marked with the name of the Pit Stop (Aksla).
Matt & Redmond and Joey & Tara were the only teams that did the Kayaking Troll - everyone else did the Trolls which seemed much harder.
Floyd & Becca are still in the helicopter - which is finally setting down where they finally find out that they are going to have to do a tandem skydive out of the helicopter and the fun meter almost busted they were so excited. (Cool for them, but, is it me or is this task already taking a long time?)
Roadblock:
-Ashton rocked the climb but as they run for the car she realizes that Vanck didn't grab her fanny pack which of course was his fault, not her own fault to make sure she had it, so they have to run back to get her pack.
-Logan & London and Scott & Brooke finished at the same time and they are going to do Trolls together. As they run for the car Scott says, "Should I use the Express Pass now?" Brooke, "I will murder you!" (Hahaha!)
-Liz & Michael are bringing up the rear this leg, largely because whenever they have to drive themselves places, they get lost, and Norway was no different.
DETOUR:
Troll: Matt & Redmond get in the kayak and start checking lures, no marked ones yet.
-Joey & Tara start out well and they find the marked lure right away, which makes Tara think that they must have been wrong so they pull up another one and it's marked as well. She wants to go and check with the Boys, see what their lure says but they don't have the marked one yet - Joey ends up spilling that they have the clue and he tells them where the other one is as well (dude, these two do not need your help.)
Fast Forward - Floyd & Becca are just getting suited up and finally back in the copter (really?)
Trolls: Vanck & Ashton, Brooke & Scott, London & Logan and Michael & Liz are all doing this task. There was fighting trying to figure out the map - especially between Mike & Liz. He gives her no credit for knowing anything and he's just a cranky bear today... being behind does not make for a happy Redbeard.
There was lots of running around, the rockets/fireworks they get are huge - so they can't carry them all at once. They are going to have to make a couple trips to get all the rockets.
Fast Forward: Hey look, Floyd & Becca finally jumped out of the helicopter and it was pretty spectacular! They get the clue to the Pit Stop: Mount Aksla.
Detour: Tara & Joey and Matt & Redmond find out from people on the street that Aksla is the mountain they can see, it's about 10 minutes away and 400 staircases up to the top (oh sweet jebus, that would kill me.) Staircases are not Redmond's friend and Tara has a sore leg as well. Fun.
Trolls: This side of the Detour was just lots of running around and reciting the silly spell - and they all finished around the same time. Scott was carrying three of the huge rockets to Brooke's one and she was still whining that it was hurting her shoulder, then she caught herself, "but I can't really complain" when Scott was like, "Are you kidding me right now?"
-They all find out that Aksla is the mountain and they are going to have to climb the stairs. Michael thinks he is smarter than everyone and he finds a parking garage at the base that he is convinced will have an elevator in it to take them up to the top (dude, they're not going to let you do that.) Liz has to argue and argue to get him to finally relent and start climbing (I get it, I wouldn't want to climb it either, but you know there is not going to be a magic way around it right?) No apparently he doesn't and it's her fault she didn't let him drive up.
Here's How They Finished:
1) Tara & Joey - They beat the team that used the Fast Forward...
2) Matt & Redmond
3) Becca & Floyd - They are thinking that Team Fun was #1 - they didn't believe Phil when he told them they were third.
4) Ashton & Vanck - When Phil asks if she's happier with her partner today, she says they're working on it (so no.)
5) London & Logan
6) Brooke & Scott - She whines and complained the whole way up, and yelled at Scott for making her feel like crap - because she apparently needs constant affirmation and he can't even. (I was yelling at Brooke to shut the heck up.)
7) Michael & Liz - They were totally fighting at the mat, she knows everything, won't listen to him... but Phil tells them they better pull it together because they are still racing! And he gives them the clue to keep going. But the last thing we hear as the screen fades to black is Liz saying, "this is it, we're done, it's over."
To Be Continued...
So, there you have it, only one team leaving after two hours.
Next episode they will be heading to Italy and they will also face another U-Turn... and we see Brooke crying again (surprise.)
Have a great weekend everybody,
Coleen
Last week there was a double U-Turn which didn't slow down Matt & Redmond that much, though it did damage their relationship with Ashton & Vanck - and it ended up taking out my team of Sean & Olive.
Michael & Liz were the first team out at 8:17am - the route info tells them to make their way to Farrokh Bulsara's house in stone town (they are already in stone town) where "Another One Bites the Dust" to find their next clue. First thing they need to find out is that Farrokh Bulsara is the birth name of Freddy Mercury of Queen, so they need to go to Mercury house.
-Mike & Liz unfortunately are steered wrong from the get-go and they waste a lot of time looking at bags of dirt (another one bites the dust).
-Tara & Joey jump in a cab and the cabdriver knows where to take them - even though Joey was sure he didn't, Tara just ignored him and that proved the right call - they are the first team to get the clue to the DETOUR - Lock or Knock.
In Lock: They will have to find the rooms full of Zanzibar chests which all have a hidden compartment in them. If they can first figure out there is a hidden compartment and then find one with a key in it - they must use the key to unlock a tricky lock to open the chest and retrieve their clue.
In Knock - they have to find the three royal doors in stone town (which is a maze of little alley ways) knocking on the correct doors which are marked with a lion, serpent and falcon emblem, they will receive three marked carvings - once they have all three they have to deliver them to a shop on a certain street to get the next clue.
- I'm just going to say that both of these tasks are hard! Joey & Tara start out doing knock and she lucked into actually knocking on one of the doors and getting the first carving - but it was just a fluke, they have no idea how to find the other doors so when they come upon the marked door that is the Lock detour, they decide to switch.
Vanck & Ashton start out the day fighting and it just gets worse. Every decision he makes she argues, every decision she makes he argues... it was unpleasant. Matt & Redmond are right behind them they go to different places but find out having the locals use the computer that Farrokh Bulsara is Freddy Mercury and then they pretty quickly get to his house.
-Michael & Liz are still digging through dirt because someone told them that Farrokh Bulsara's house had been demolished... they finally decide to ask at a tour place and they see Freddy Mercury on the wall, showing his name - and find out the place is right up the street (d'oh!)
Lock:
-Tara & Joey are the first to the room full of these chests and they start searching.
-Michael & Tara show up and Michael pretty quickly realizes that the bottom drawers are shallower than the box and finds the secret compartments so they know where to look at least.
-Matt & Redmond choose lock, as well as Logan & London and Brooke & Scott.
Knock:
-Ashton has decided they are going to knock - so there was endless yelling about which direction to go, when to ask directions, she just wanted to go-go-go, he wanted to be more methodical. At one point she says if she is wrong she will gladly admit that she is wrong - but she lied and when he threw that in her face... I think she is just over him, she's not able to be nice anymore.
Shamir & Sarah and Becca & Floyd are the last two teams out looking for Mercury house. Shamir & Sarah say they are going to work on their communication this leg.. but you know how that goes.
Lock:
-Mike & Liz are the first team to find key and get the clue to travel by ferry back to the mainland and find the metal shop in town.
-Scott & Brooke and Logan & London have now arrived and immediately Brooke is whining and complaining about how heavy the chests are and her resounding refrain of the episode, "I can't do this." Poor Scott.
-Tara & Joey still haven't figured out the hidden drawer and with all those people there now, they decide to switch back to knock.
Knock:
-Ashton & Vanck fighting, fighting, fighting, he wants to switch she almost screams at him that they are not switching and amid the fighting they find someone who actually knows the doors and tells them where all three are - but can they find them... that's another story.
Floyd & Tara decide to do lock and Sarah & Shamir decide to do knock - well she does and dragging the man-baby around all day was a chore for all of us to endure.
Lock:
-When Floyd & Becca show up Brooke welcomes them with,"Hi, welcome to hell." (She is such a negative nelly) and immediately Floyd chooses the room that Brooke is not in (I do not blame him, she is wholly unpleasant.) But it is Brooke that is the next to discover the hidden drawers, unfortunately Matt saw her find it and he finds the key right away and the Boys are gone (really, these guys are charmed I swear.) Scott & Brooke found a key but couldn't get the lock open so they look for another key and find one and finally open a chest and get the clue. As they are about to leave Becca asks if they need that other key and Scott gives it to her... much to Brooke displeasure. But Scott figures having another team owe them something is not a bad thing.
Becca & Floyd then open the chest and also take off for the Ferry Terminal.
Knock:
-Sara & Shamir are trying to ask directions but he demands her attention so he can berate her while she is getting directions... I dislike Shamir a whole bunch.
-Ashton & Vanck have found all the doors and gotten the clue to hit the ferry.
-Tara & Joey are bickering back and forth but they're not mad, she just dishes it right back at him and it's working for them - they get it out and don't take it personally and most importantly keep moving... and they finish and head for the Ferry.
Detour:
-Logan & London are the last team left at the lock detour and they finally decide to switch. As they hit the street there is a lady right outside that knew where every one of the royal doors were so they knocked this one out quickly and headed for the ferry.
-Sarah & Shamir still have one more door to find... and finally he breaks her and she agrees to switch tasks.
Ferry:
Everyone is on the same ferry, watching the gangplank to see if Team LoLo or Sarah & Shamir are going to make it... and Logan & London do arrive - Sarah & Shamir do not.
Back on the mainland they all jump in taxi's and head for the metal shop where they get the clue to the ROADBLOCK: Heavy Metal - one team member will have to turn an aluminum sheet into a ladle strainer along side a craftsman in the ear-splitting din of the metalwork shop.
-Becca, Joey, Vanck said he wanted to do it and he better do well or Ashton will kill him.
-Scott thinks Brooke should do this one, she's more artistic but as soon as she sees she has to work with metal, "OMG, I don't think I'm going to have the strength for this." (None of us had the strength to listen to her constant whining, complaining, tears... I also dislike Brooke in this race.)
-Becca has good grip strength from climbing and she knows that Brooke will have trouble cutting the metal so she goes and helps her as a thank you for the key... but once the circle is cut Brooke is still bawling that she can't punch the holes and she can't swing the hammer. She goes out and wants Scott to bolster her but he's over it - the other teams actually start encouraging her - Redmond even stops by to tell her she can do it, Mike also helps her by showing her how to use the weight of the metal to shape the handle... a damsel in distress I guess, but I really wish someone had slapped her, "Snap out of it!" In the end she stuck with it and got the ladle completed, good for her, I guess.
-But long before that, Joey was the first to get a pass on his ladle and they got the clue to the PIT STOP: Coco Beach (ooh, I want to go to there.) Becca & Floyd are right behind them.
Oh hey, Sarah & Shamir are on the ferry. They must have found the key and clue. But they don't get to the Roadblock with anyone else there.
Here's How They Finished:
1) Tara & Joey - they won $5K each.
2) Becca & Floyd - Fun meter is max red right now.
3) Liz & Michael
4) Matt & Redmond
5) London & Logan
6) Ashton & Vanck - she wants to enjoy this experience but it's very hard, she's stuck with him (she says with Vanck standing right beside her (yeah, she's a peach.)
7) Brooke & Scott - -she is so grateful to all the other teams, she would not have finished without them.
Finally, in the dark, Phil comes and meets Sara & Shamir at the Roadblock to let them know they are ELIMINATED from the race. He says he's proud of her and how he ran the race (really?) and I think she seemed relieved it was over - though she will remember all the great things they got to do (I'm sure not having to ever see Shamir again was prize in itself.)
With Sara & Sharmir leaving, that takes Sharon R., Katie L., Robert L., and Kevin R. out of the pool.
We head right into the next leg where all the teams are heading to Alesund, Norway!
That's 5000 miles from Tanzania, and everyone is on the same flight.
Once they land in Alesund, they have to go to a lighthouse and eat some rakfisk (salted and fermented fish) to get their next clue.
Oh and the Express Pass can only be used through leg five, which is this leg, so Floyd & Becca say they are definitely using it this leg. The best part of the Express Pass talk was Scott teasing Brooke with it, he says he has the express pass which she does not find funny, so he keeps bringing it up (poking the bear if you will) which kind of tickled me and made Brooke mad (hehe).
-Becca & Floyd were the first team to the lighthouse followed closely by Brooke & Scott and Ashton & Vanck - Rakfisk for everyone! Everyone eats it no problem, except for Brooke - immediately, "I can't eat all this." Scott has to be a constant cheerleader which must just be exhausting.
Becca & Floyd are the first team to get the clue, Route info to drive themselves to Slinngen or... there was also a Fast Forward - which they decide to go for (really?? You guys have the Express Pass, greedy - but they want to come in first so can't really blame them I guess.) Then Phil tells us this fast forward will require Floyd & Becca to parachute out of a helicopter (WHAT? Oh man, they are going to love that!)
-Scott wanted to do the Fast forward too, but when he saw Becca & Floyd were already in the helicopter there was no point. Scott & Brooke have a fight in the car, he's just over her this leg.
-All the rest of the teams are eating the fish and then heading out for Slinnigen.
-FF - in the helicopter, Floyd & Becca are seeing amazing scenery, they even fly through a rainbow over a fjord - the ff was worth it just for that shot. But, they still have no idea what's in store for them.
ROADBLOCK: Who wants to help break a world record?
Every year this town tries to break it's own world record for largest hand stacked bonfire. They build a 13 storey stack of wooden pallets and set it on fire. (Sadly the fire won't be until a week after this, but they did include a clip so we could see it torched.)
-In the roadblock, one team member must climb the side of the stack to the top, nail down one of the pallets, then climb back down. (Oh man, Becca is going to be bummed she missed the climbing challenge.)
-Matt scurries up and down the thing like it's nothing.
-Joey does pretty good for the old guy of the group.
-Ashton is doing this one because she thinks she does everything well and Vanck is useless.
-Mike has Liz do this because she's smaller and he keeps calling her a little sewer rat, which I would not have been too happy about.
-London does it too - oh, and Scott is doing this despite his crippling fear of heights, I think just to get away from Brooke - who has the gall to scream at him the whole time to hurry up (really lady, when you sniveled and cried through your last Roadblock? She's a piece of work this one.)
Matt & Redmond were the first team to get the clue to the DETOUR: Trolls or Troll
There is some fairy tale about a great fire and fire trolls being trapped in buildings anyway - in Trolls, they have to find the buildings with the troll markings, recite a spell to "free" them and then collect a huge firework. Once they have all six fireworks and deliver them back to the theatre they'll get the clue to the Pit Stop.
In Troll: they must kayak through a local canal and check the lures of local fisherman (who can fish from their own windows) to find the lures marked with the name of the Pit Stop (Aksla).
Matt & Redmond and Joey & Tara were the only teams that did the Kayaking Troll - everyone else did the Trolls which seemed much harder.
Floyd & Becca are still in the helicopter - which is finally setting down where they finally find out that they are going to have to do a tandem skydive out of the helicopter and the fun meter almost busted they were so excited. (Cool for them, but, is it me or is this task already taking a long time?)
Roadblock:
-Ashton rocked the climb but as they run for the car she realizes that Vanck didn't grab her fanny pack which of course was his fault, not her own fault to make sure she had it, so they have to run back to get her pack.
-Logan & London and Scott & Brooke finished at the same time and they are going to do Trolls together. As they run for the car Scott says, "Should I use the Express Pass now?" Brooke, "I will murder you!" (Hahaha!)
-Liz & Michael are bringing up the rear this leg, largely because whenever they have to drive themselves places, they get lost, and Norway was no different.
DETOUR:
Troll: Matt & Redmond get in the kayak and start checking lures, no marked ones yet.
-Joey & Tara start out well and they find the marked lure right away, which makes Tara think that they must have been wrong so they pull up another one and it's marked as well. She wants to go and check with the Boys, see what their lure says but they don't have the marked one yet - Joey ends up spilling that they have the clue and he tells them where the other one is as well (dude, these two do not need your help.)
Fast Forward - Floyd & Becca are just getting suited up and finally back in the copter (really?)
Trolls: Vanck & Ashton, Brooke & Scott, London & Logan and Michael & Liz are all doing this task. There was fighting trying to figure out the map - especially between Mike & Liz. He gives her no credit for knowing anything and he's just a cranky bear today... being behind does not make for a happy Redbeard.
There was lots of running around, the rockets/fireworks they get are huge - so they can't carry them all at once. They are going to have to make a couple trips to get all the rockets.
Fast Forward: Hey look, Floyd & Becca finally jumped out of the helicopter and it was pretty spectacular! They get the clue to the Pit Stop: Mount Aksla.
Detour: Tara & Joey and Matt & Redmond find out from people on the street that Aksla is the mountain they can see, it's about 10 minutes away and 400 staircases up to the top (oh sweet jebus, that would kill me.) Staircases are not Redmond's friend and Tara has a sore leg as well. Fun.
Trolls: This side of the Detour was just lots of running around and reciting the silly spell - and they all finished around the same time. Scott was carrying three of the huge rockets to Brooke's one and she was still whining that it was hurting her shoulder, then she caught herself, "but I can't really complain" when Scott was like, "Are you kidding me right now?"
-They all find out that Aksla is the mountain and they are going to have to climb the stairs. Michael thinks he is smarter than everyone and he finds a parking garage at the base that he is convinced will have an elevator in it to take them up to the top (dude, they're not going to let you do that.) Liz has to argue and argue to get him to finally relent and start climbing (I get it, I wouldn't want to climb it either, but you know there is not going to be a magic way around it right?) No apparently he doesn't and it's her fault she didn't let him drive up.
Here's How They Finished:
1) Tara & Joey - They beat the team that used the Fast Forward...
2) Matt & Redmond
3) Becca & Floyd - They are thinking that Team Fun was #1 - they didn't believe Phil when he told them they were third.
4) Ashton & Vanck - When Phil asks if she's happier with her partner today, she says they're working on it (so no.)
5) London & Logan
6) Brooke & Scott - She whines and complained the whole way up, and yelled at Scott for making her feel like crap - because she apparently needs constant affirmation and he can't even. (I was yelling at Brooke to shut the heck up.)
7) Michael & Liz - They were totally fighting at the mat, she knows everything, won't listen to him... but Phil tells them they better pull it together because they are still racing! And he gives them the clue to keep going. But the last thing we hear as the screen fades to black is Liz saying, "this is it, we're done, it's over."
To Be Continued...
So, there you have it, only one team leaving after two hours.
Next episode they will be heading to Italy and they will also face another U-Turn... and we see Brooke crying again (surprise.)
Have a great weekend everybody,
Coleen
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