Scared Spitless
CBS special report on the Syrian strike had my recording starting 5 minutes in, but I don't think we missed much - just the teams talking about how they are getting along with their total stranger partners.
Seth & Olive are the first team out at 11:16pm and they read the clue to head to Sao Paulo, Brazil. The travel agency doesn't open until 5am so there are a lot of teams at the little place together - and they end up 2 to 3 teams per flight along 5 different flights... and then one single team on the 6th flight - that is #Swolesisters - Jessie & Francesca.
We get to know Shamir a bit better when he has a very angry and impatient reaction to the travel agent's slow typing - one of the flights filled up before she could get their tickets booked and he lost it a bit - Sara had to be the calm voice of reason and take over as he was just being a complete jerk. (Hmm, if he's getting that wound up already, they are going to have some problems.)
Shamir tells the camera that he is from the Bronx, he works for one of the largest investment banks and he's an alpha male so he's very aggressive at times - if you're not you'll get chewed up and spit out. (Ugh.)
Once in Sao Paulo they have to make their way to the helipad and sign up for a helicopter ride over the city - they will land at a skyscraper then have to make their way to a square at street level to find their next clue.
-First flight is Vanck & Ashton (nerd & blond) and Redmond & Matt (one leg & snowboarder) - they agree instead of racing to the helipad to flip a coin when they get there to decide who gets to put their name on the list for the first helicopter ride. Ashton totally believes they will do this, Matt totally believes whoever gets there first will take the first spot.
-Matt & Redmond get to the helipad first, no sign of Vanck & Ashton so they writes their names down in the first spot.
-When Ashton & Vanck do arrive she's mad that they didn't keep their word. When she confronts them TheBoys just kind of shrugs it off and laugh at her... #sorrynotsorry... and they've made an enemy of this team - Ashton & Vanck were very civil, no reason to raise hell just yet - but it may be coming for them later.
-The rest of the teams keep arriving and putting their names down - I think the first flight came in around midnight, the rest were through the early morning hours, still dark, and the first helicopter didn't take off until sometime in the actual daylight morning.
-I just got to say, Redmond has the best hat, it looks like a toque made of little pompom balls - I want one. Matt says he chose Redmond because he knows how difficult it is to come back from an injury, nothing as serious as losing a leg, but he really admires his strength and they are working well together.
-A lot of the teams are just amazed at the congestion of this city - tons of skyscrapers, as far as they can see and the traffic in the streets is insane - Jessie & Francesca are stuck in that traffic having come in on the last flight, just trying to get to the helipad. These two are getting along amazingly, they seem to really like each other.
-Matt & Redmond are the first team to get the clue to the DETOUR - Keep the Beat or Work your Feet.
In Keep the Beat they have to join a samba group - learn a routine on a big drum and a shaker/small cymbal type percussion instrument and then keep the beat correctly/perform to get their next clue.
In Work Your Feet they have to build a work out station under a freeway using an old refrigerator, a giant truck tire, a rain barrel and other found objects to create barbells - once they have the set up exactly right, they will get their next clue.
TheBoys choose Work Your Feet because Redmond only has one.
Shamir & Sara are next to the cluebox and they are heading to Keep The Beat (let's hope Shamir can keep a beat or things may get heated again.)
Ashton & Vanck are also going to set up some gym equipment.
Work Your Feet - this task does require some strength and attention to detail but Matt & Redmond seem to be knocking it out rather quickly.
Keep The Beat - Shamir & Sara show up and first they have to put on the shirts (I like it when they have to dress up, this one was a little lame, just a shirt, yawn) but then they have to go out and learn their instruments... both of them seem to have a problem stopping on the right beat... it's going to take them a few tries.
Seth & Olive (policeman & firegirl) are going to Work their feet and Redbeard & Cowgirl (Michael & Liz) we learn were both band geeks so they choose to Keep the Beat.
Work Your Feet - Matt & Redmond get their station checked as Ashton & Yanck are starting to put theirs together. Ashton & Vanck are focused, both detail oriented and they want to beat the boys. They get a chance when Matt & Redmond don't pass... because they didn't put any water in their barrel. The boys do figure it out and they try to hide what they are doing but you can't not hear water being poured in a barrel. Matt & Redmond are the first team to get the next clue - they have to head to a certain street and look for the marked bicycle to get the next clue.
Keep the Beat - more teams are arriving and everyone seems really energized by the beat of the Samba music. No one has passed yet.
We see Brooke & Scott (lawyer and Harvard/ginger) stuck in traffic trying to get to the gym/work your feet task. Brook is super high-strung and freaking out about the traffic so they get out of the taxi and start walking instead, she falls down during a hissy fit and hurts her elbow and then is a complete baby about it the rest of the leg. (She annoyed me greatly, just saying.)
Team SwoleSisters are finally in the helicopter and they know they are in last place but they are still being super positive and enjoying every minute they have on the Race. (Come one girls, I'm liking these two and want them to stay.)
Work your feet - Seth & Olive have now arrived and Seth wants to put on work gloves because this is a pretty dirty task - Olive calls him on it, You really care about the cleanliness of your hands at a time like this, seriously? (I think Seth may be a little bit of a princess. Can I say that? He is my guy in the pool.)
Keep the Beat - Shamir & Sara still can't stop on cue and they are heading into their third attempt.
TeamFun, Floyd & Becca are super pumped about Keep The Beat - he's in the drumline at school so this is right up his alley (and whenever Becca talks I still do a double-take, her voice is so low, it's crazy.)
Matt & Redmond's taxi almost takes off with their bags still in the back, but they get them... and then these two cannot find the marked bicycle rider - the cab might have dropped them off in the wrong place.
Work Your Feet - Ashton & Vanck get their clue and Seth & Olive are right behind them. This task seems much easier than the Samba (but isn't that always the way, any of them where they have to do music seems to always take forever.)
-Brooke & Scott finally find the gym and get started setting up the work out station, to her constant "ow,ow" and good thing she's left handed because she bruised her right elbow. To Scott's credit he is super patient with her and takes up the slack.
Keep the Beat - Michael & Liz and London & Logan do not pass on their first attempts but Shamir, who was wining about the small abrasion on his hand - finally pass.
In the cab, Shamir was totally serious about how sore his hand was, (there was a little scratch) he doesn't think it's broken, just bruised. And Sara is starting to realize that she is saddled with a huge man-baby. (That poor girl.)
Michael & Liz pass on their second attempt - Being a band-geek finally paid off!- London & Logan, not so lucky (but I've got to say London seems delightful, she always has a smile on her face and she's super enthusiastic, she'd be a fun partner I think.)
Ashton & Vanck are the first team to find the bicycle rider with the huge red & yellow scarf marking her as the cluebox for the next task - a ROADBLOCK - Who likes things squeaky clean?
-One team member must rappel down the side of a high-rise building and clean a window to the exacting standards of the judge - once the window is squeaky clean, they'll get their next clue.
-Ashton is going to do this one for them.
Keep the Beat - London & Logan get lucky on their third attempt and get the next clue.
-Floyd & Becca come in with so much energy and excitement they seem to charge up the samba group and they pass with flying the colours the first time (of course they did.)
Roadblock - Ashton is getting suited up in her overalls and harness for the window cleaning - it's a little terrifying but she's okay and looking forward to washing that window.
-Mike & Liz arrive and she's going to be cleaning the window (probably a good choice.) She is the one who is 'scared spitless' as she goes over the side of the building.
Detour - Jessie & Francesca (SwoleSisters) have just gotten the clue and they decide to Keep The Beat (Really? I thought for sure these two, who obviously work out A LOT, would do the gym equipment, but what do I know?)
Roadblock - more teams are arriving and we have Redmond and Seth heading up to wash the windows.
Next teams to get there are Brooke & Scott and he says he's going to do this (because she hurt herself as she keeps reminding us, her elbow has a boo-boo) but he also has a debilitating fear of heights and falling and he has a little cry in the elevator on the way up (ooh, I did feel bad for Scott.)
-Sara & Shamir are debating who should do it and Mr. Impatient says he'll just do it (which proves to be a HUGE mistake.)
So the windows are really caked with a waxy, chalky type stuff that takes some elbow grease to get off and if they leave any smudge anywhere, they do not get the clue. Also, the rappel is one way, if they missed a spot at the top of the window by the time they get to the bottom and don't pass, they have to get lowered to the ground and then go all the way back up to start again... this happened to Seth. The girls were more careful and thorough - Liz and Ashton get the clues to head to the PIT STOP: the Urban Rainforest- Trianon Park (right in the middle of the city).
-Michael & Liz jump in a cab. Vanck checks a map and decides they can run there - he and Ashton take off on foot.
Roadblock - Floyd & Becca - she is a rockclimbing instructor - of course she's going to rappel down the building. Tara & Joey- she is the mom of four but she's also been an army paratrooper for 20 years, she's got this one.
-London & Logan get there and she's not sure, so he steps up and gets a hug (she's so cute.)
Meanwhile Scott is still talking himself through the fear, and he's doing really well. Redmond is having some trouble anchoring himself close to the window but he's getting it. Shamir, when he started said he liked this more than the drum but then the harness starts to become uncomfortable and he's not liking it anymore - this gets worse when he fails the cleaning and has to go down and back up. We hear all about how painful his testicles are in the harness (man-baby).
Keep The Beat - Francesca & Jessie finally finish the samba and head to the Roadblock.
Roadblock:
-Everyone is working on the windows when Shamir starts to freak out that his testicles are about to rupture and he has to get down, he punches and breaks the window in front of him (What the???) and he's lowered to the ground where he insists he needs an ambulance.(This guy is unbelievable.) He goes to the ambulance and Sara is not very impressed with her partner - she hopes he's not giving up.
-Logan lets us know that none of the guys that were in that harness were very comfortable.
-The Swolesisters finally show up but can't find the bicyclist.
-Scott, Becca, Logan, Tara all get the pass on their windows and the first three teams head off running together, Brooke saying she'll keep up as well as she can, but her arm hurts (your partner just faced his greatest fear and you can't run because your elbow hurts - someone please smack her.)
-Tara & Joey grab a cab to the pit stop - Mom & Dad are smart.
-Shamir finally emerges from the ambulance having been given an all clear to continue - Sara is pretty frustrated about how much time he wasted on a non-injury. For a million dollars, you should be able to put up with a little discomfort. (Suck it up, buttercup!) They are the last team there - until Jessie & Francesca happen to run up to Sara, still not seeing the girl with the clue as she keeps riding right by them - Sara misdirects them to head back up the street to look for the clue... she felt a little bad, but not too bad.
-Shamir's balls hurt, he gets lowered down again and is just standing there as Francesca heads up to start cleaning the window.
Here's How they Finished:
1) Liz & Michael - they won a trip to Barbados. From last to first, they did well this leg, but in the interview he seems to like to talk for them, I saw her shoot him a look (could be nothing.)
2) Ashton & Vanck - the most mismatched team but they are learning to work together - and they finished ahead of Matt & Redmond which made Ashton pretty pumped - she does hold grudges.
3) Matt & Redmond - they were bummed because they had been so far ahead of the pack and thought they'd win the leg - Redmond even had a joke prepared, when Phil told them they won leg two he was going to ask for it, cause he needs a second leg (groaner.)
4) Seth & Olive - they left the helipad team 4 and they are still team 4... and they're boring, sigh.
5) Becca & Floyd - foot race to the mat, Scott got there first but they beat Brooke (her arm, remember?)
6) Brooke & Scott - she didn't mention that she hurt her arm to Phil, I was shocked.
7) Tara & Joey
8) London & Logan
9) Shamir & Sara - Shamir is angry, he throws his backpack on the way to the mat and acts like they hung him by his balls on purpose, "Really funny," he says sarcastically to Phil who is a nonplused, "well, you have to get past this obviously, do you want to keep going?" And he says he's going to keep going of course but Sara is fighting back tears, her partner is an immature jerk and his attitude is going to kill her chances at a million dollars. That's my prediction anyway.
10) Jessie & Francesca - ** ELIMINATED ** they still have smiles on their faces, they had a great time running the race together, even if it was only two legs -Friends for Life and now they can go be bodybuilders together.
So, with Jessie & Francesca leaving us too soon, that takes Nenad M., Ethan G., Rachel R. and Miranne D. out of the pool.
Next week: Shamir & Sara's problems persist and the U-Turn gets teams seeing red.
Have a great weekend everybody!
Coleen
CBS special report on the Syrian strike had my recording starting 5 minutes in, but I don't think we missed much - just the teams talking about how they are getting along with their total stranger partners.
Seth & Olive are the first team out at 11:16pm and they read the clue to head to Sao Paulo, Brazil. The travel agency doesn't open until 5am so there are a lot of teams at the little place together - and they end up 2 to 3 teams per flight along 5 different flights... and then one single team on the 6th flight - that is #Swolesisters - Jessie & Francesca.
We get to know Shamir a bit better when he has a very angry and impatient reaction to the travel agent's slow typing - one of the flights filled up before she could get their tickets booked and he lost it a bit - Sara had to be the calm voice of reason and take over as he was just being a complete jerk. (Hmm, if he's getting that wound up already, they are going to have some problems.)
Shamir tells the camera that he is from the Bronx, he works for one of the largest investment banks and he's an alpha male so he's very aggressive at times - if you're not you'll get chewed up and spit out. (Ugh.)
Once in Sao Paulo they have to make their way to the helipad and sign up for a helicopter ride over the city - they will land at a skyscraper then have to make their way to a square at street level to find their next clue.
-First flight is Vanck & Ashton (nerd & blond) and Redmond & Matt (one leg & snowboarder) - they agree instead of racing to the helipad to flip a coin when they get there to decide who gets to put their name on the list for the first helicopter ride. Ashton totally believes they will do this, Matt totally believes whoever gets there first will take the first spot.
-Matt & Redmond get to the helipad first, no sign of Vanck & Ashton so they writes their names down in the first spot.
-When Ashton & Vanck do arrive she's mad that they didn't keep their word. When she confronts them TheBoys just kind of shrugs it off and laugh at her... #sorrynotsorry... and they've made an enemy of this team - Ashton & Vanck were very civil, no reason to raise hell just yet - but it may be coming for them later.
-The rest of the teams keep arriving and putting their names down - I think the first flight came in around midnight, the rest were through the early morning hours, still dark, and the first helicopter didn't take off until sometime in the actual daylight morning.
-I just got to say, Redmond has the best hat, it looks like a toque made of little pompom balls - I want one. Matt says he chose Redmond because he knows how difficult it is to come back from an injury, nothing as serious as losing a leg, but he really admires his strength and they are working well together.
-A lot of the teams are just amazed at the congestion of this city - tons of skyscrapers, as far as they can see and the traffic in the streets is insane - Jessie & Francesca are stuck in that traffic having come in on the last flight, just trying to get to the helipad. These two are getting along amazingly, they seem to really like each other.
-Matt & Redmond are the first team to get the clue to the DETOUR - Keep the Beat or Work your Feet.
In Keep the Beat they have to join a samba group - learn a routine on a big drum and a shaker/small cymbal type percussion instrument and then keep the beat correctly/perform to get their next clue.
In Work Your Feet they have to build a work out station under a freeway using an old refrigerator, a giant truck tire, a rain barrel and other found objects to create barbells - once they have the set up exactly right, they will get their next clue.
TheBoys choose Work Your Feet because Redmond only has one.
Shamir & Sara are next to the cluebox and they are heading to Keep The Beat (let's hope Shamir can keep a beat or things may get heated again.)
Ashton & Vanck are also going to set up some gym equipment.
Work Your Feet - this task does require some strength and attention to detail but Matt & Redmond seem to be knocking it out rather quickly.
Keep The Beat - Shamir & Sara show up and first they have to put on the shirts (I like it when they have to dress up, this one was a little lame, just a shirt, yawn) but then they have to go out and learn their instruments... both of them seem to have a problem stopping on the right beat... it's going to take them a few tries.
Seth & Olive (policeman & firegirl) are going to Work their feet and Redbeard & Cowgirl (Michael & Liz) we learn were both band geeks so they choose to Keep the Beat.
Work Your Feet - Matt & Redmond get their station checked as Ashton & Yanck are starting to put theirs together. Ashton & Vanck are focused, both detail oriented and they want to beat the boys. They get a chance when Matt & Redmond don't pass... because they didn't put any water in their barrel. The boys do figure it out and they try to hide what they are doing but you can't not hear water being poured in a barrel. Matt & Redmond are the first team to get the next clue - they have to head to a certain street and look for the marked bicycle to get the next clue.
Keep the Beat - more teams are arriving and everyone seems really energized by the beat of the Samba music. No one has passed yet.
We see Brooke & Scott (lawyer and Harvard/ginger) stuck in traffic trying to get to the gym/work your feet task. Brook is super high-strung and freaking out about the traffic so they get out of the taxi and start walking instead, she falls down during a hissy fit and hurts her elbow and then is a complete baby about it the rest of the leg. (She annoyed me greatly, just saying.)
Team SwoleSisters are finally in the helicopter and they know they are in last place but they are still being super positive and enjoying every minute they have on the Race. (Come one girls, I'm liking these two and want them to stay.)
Work your feet - Seth & Olive have now arrived and Seth wants to put on work gloves because this is a pretty dirty task - Olive calls him on it, You really care about the cleanliness of your hands at a time like this, seriously? (I think Seth may be a little bit of a princess. Can I say that? He is my guy in the pool.)
Keep the Beat - Shamir & Sara still can't stop on cue and they are heading into their third attempt.
TeamFun, Floyd & Becca are super pumped about Keep The Beat - he's in the drumline at school so this is right up his alley (and whenever Becca talks I still do a double-take, her voice is so low, it's crazy.)
Matt & Redmond's taxi almost takes off with their bags still in the back, but they get them... and then these two cannot find the marked bicycle rider - the cab might have dropped them off in the wrong place.
Work Your Feet - Ashton & Vanck get their clue and Seth & Olive are right behind them. This task seems much easier than the Samba (but isn't that always the way, any of them where they have to do music seems to always take forever.)
-Brooke & Scott finally find the gym and get started setting up the work out station, to her constant "ow,ow" and good thing she's left handed because she bruised her right elbow. To Scott's credit he is super patient with her and takes up the slack.
Keep the Beat - Michael & Liz and London & Logan do not pass on their first attempts but Shamir, who was wining about the small abrasion on his hand - finally pass.
In the cab, Shamir was totally serious about how sore his hand was, (there was a little scratch) he doesn't think it's broken, just bruised. And Sara is starting to realize that she is saddled with a huge man-baby. (That poor girl.)
Michael & Liz pass on their second attempt - Being a band-geek finally paid off!- London & Logan, not so lucky (but I've got to say London seems delightful, she always has a smile on her face and she's super enthusiastic, she'd be a fun partner I think.)
Ashton & Vanck are the first team to find the bicycle rider with the huge red & yellow scarf marking her as the cluebox for the next task - a ROADBLOCK - Who likes things squeaky clean?
-One team member must rappel down the side of a high-rise building and clean a window to the exacting standards of the judge - once the window is squeaky clean, they'll get their next clue.
-Ashton is going to do this one for them.
Keep the Beat - London & Logan get lucky on their third attempt and get the next clue.
-Floyd & Becca come in with so much energy and excitement they seem to charge up the samba group and they pass with flying the colours the first time (of course they did.)
Roadblock - Ashton is getting suited up in her overalls and harness for the window cleaning - it's a little terrifying but she's okay and looking forward to washing that window.
-Mike & Liz arrive and she's going to be cleaning the window (probably a good choice.) She is the one who is 'scared spitless' as she goes over the side of the building.
Detour - Jessie & Francesca (SwoleSisters) have just gotten the clue and they decide to Keep The Beat (Really? I thought for sure these two, who obviously work out A LOT, would do the gym equipment, but what do I know?)
Roadblock - more teams are arriving and we have Redmond and Seth heading up to wash the windows.
Next teams to get there are Brooke & Scott and he says he's going to do this (because she hurt herself as she keeps reminding us, her elbow has a boo-boo) but he also has a debilitating fear of heights and falling and he has a little cry in the elevator on the way up (ooh, I did feel bad for Scott.)
-Sara & Shamir are debating who should do it and Mr. Impatient says he'll just do it (which proves to be a HUGE mistake.)
So the windows are really caked with a waxy, chalky type stuff that takes some elbow grease to get off and if they leave any smudge anywhere, they do not get the clue. Also, the rappel is one way, if they missed a spot at the top of the window by the time they get to the bottom and don't pass, they have to get lowered to the ground and then go all the way back up to start again... this happened to Seth. The girls were more careful and thorough - Liz and Ashton get the clues to head to the PIT STOP: the Urban Rainforest- Trianon Park (right in the middle of the city).
-Michael & Liz jump in a cab. Vanck checks a map and decides they can run there - he and Ashton take off on foot.
Roadblock - Floyd & Becca - she is a rockclimbing instructor - of course she's going to rappel down the building. Tara & Joey- she is the mom of four but she's also been an army paratrooper for 20 years, she's got this one.
-London & Logan get there and she's not sure, so he steps up and gets a hug (she's so cute.)
Meanwhile Scott is still talking himself through the fear, and he's doing really well. Redmond is having some trouble anchoring himself close to the window but he's getting it. Shamir, when he started said he liked this more than the drum but then the harness starts to become uncomfortable and he's not liking it anymore - this gets worse when he fails the cleaning and has to go down and back up. We hear all about how painful his testicles are in the harness (man-baby).
Keep The Beat - Francesca & Jessie finally finish the samba and head to the Roadblock.
Roadblock:
-Everyone is working on the windows when Shamir starts to freak out that his testicles are about to rupture and he has to get down, he punches and breaks the window in front of him (What the???) and he's lowered to the ground where he insists he needs an ambulance.(This guy is unbelievable.) He goes to the ambulance and Sara is not very impressed with her partner - she hopes he's not giving up.
-Logan lets us know that none of the guys that were in that harness were very comfortable.
-The Swolesisters finally show up but can't find the bicyclist.
-Scott, Becca, Logan, Tara all get the pass on their windows and the first three teams head off running together, Brooke saying she'll keep up as well as she can, but her arm hurts (your partner just faced his greatest fear and you can't run because your elbow hurts - someone please smack her.)
-Tara & Joey grab a cab to the pit stop - Mom & Dad are smart.
-Shamir finally emerges from the ambulance having been given an all clear to continue - Sara is pretty frustrated about how much time he wasted on a non-injury. For a million dollars, you should be able to put up with a little discomfort. (Suck it up, buttercup!) They are the last team there - until Jessie & Francesca happen to run up to Sara, still not seeing the girl with the clue as she keeps riding right by them - Sara misdirects them to head back up the street to look for the clue... she felt a little bad, but not too bad.
-Shamir's balls hurt, he gets lowered down again and is just standing there as Francesca heads up to start cleaning the window.
Here's How they Finished:
1) Liz & Michael - they won a trip to Barbados. From last to first, they did well this leg, but in the interview he seems to like to talk for them, I saw her shoot him a look (could be nothing.)
2) Ashton & Vanck - the most mismatched team but they are learning to work together - and they finished ahead of Matt & Redmond which made Ashton pretty pumped - she does hold grudges.
3) Matt & Redmond - they were bummed because they had been so far ahead of the pack and thought they'd win the leg - Redmond even had a joke prepared, when Phil told them they won leg two he was going to ask for it, cause he needs a second leg (groaner.)
4) Seth & Olive - they left the helipad team 4 and they are still team 4... and they're boring, sigh.
5) Becca & Floyd - foot race to the mat, Scott got there first but they beat Brooke (her arm, remember?)
6) Brooke & Scott - she didn't mention that she hurt her arm to Phil, I was shocked.
7) Tara & Joey
8) London & Logan
9) Shamir & Sara - Shamir is angry, he throws his backpack on the way to the mat and acts like they hung him by his balls on purpose, "Really funny," he says sarcastically to Phil who is a nonplused, "well, you have to get past this obviously, do you want to keep going?" And he says he's going to keep going of course but Sara is fighting back tears, her partner is an immature jerk and his attitude is going to kill her chances at a million dollars. That's my prediction anyway.
10) Jessie & Francesca - ** ELIMINATED ** they still have smiles on their faces, they had a great time running the race together, even if it was only two legs -Friends for Life and now they can go be bodybuilders together.
So, with Jessie & Francesca leaving us too soon, that takes Nenad M., Ethan G., Rachel R. and Miranne D. out of the pool.
Next week: Shamir & Sara's problems persist and the U-Turn gets teams seeing red.
Have a great weekend everybody!
Coleen
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