We Was Robbed
Continuation... last week we left the hapless Beekmen Boys floundering (literally) in the pool and we saw the Rockers lose all their stuff including Abba's passport which they must try to retrieve or be kicked off the Race.
Moscow, Russia: James & Abba head into a hotel (I think) to use the phone to call the police as a first step in trying to get the passport back before the other teams arrive at the Pit Stop.
Still at the pool, the Goat farmers/Beekman Boys are told the pool is closing so they have one last shot at the routine. Abbie & Ryan stick to their word and are still waiting for them. Brent and Josh cannot complete the synchronized swimming - the coach gives them their clue and tells them they have a 4hr penalty.
James & Abba are dealing with the cops, they've reported the stolen backpacks and are staying positive that they will be retrieved.
Ryan & Abbie and Brent & Josh have moved on to the Roadblock of the Trees of Love. Abbie is struggling with the locks but Josh figured out the pattern, the keys attached to the locks open the next lock, and he's moving through it quickly. Once Josh gets the clue he goes over and helps Abbie finish - at this point they are all beyond exhausted, it's been a very long day.
James & Abba have now contacted the US embassy to see if they can get a new passport issued... they have exhausted everything they can do and are resigned to their fate. They head back to the Pit Stop.
Here's how it played out:
-Abbie & Ryan are team #4
-Josh & Brent are team #5 - their penalty will be assessed at the beginning of the next leg. (Huh?)
-James & Abba are officially the last team to arrive but Phil tells them this is a non-elimination leg and they can continue in the Race until it becomes mandatory for Abba to produce a passport - if he still hasn't retrieved it at that point they will be eliminated... and they will have to do a Speed Bump. They are still in it! (Come on my long-haired friends, bring it home for mama.)
Next day: Trey & Lexi are the first team to start out the next leg - the clue tells them to head to the Agriculture Academy, specific building, large chemistry auditorium, where they'll find their next clue.
-They hop in a dodgy looking cab because "He knows, he knows" and he drops them off in what looks like a perfect place to be beaten and robbed... they know they are not at the right place, flag down a more reputable looking cab and try again. (Moral of the Moscow legs - don't trust the cab drivers in Moscow.) Their next cab driver is drinking coffee, smoking a cigarette, wearing a pink shirt and Don Cherry jacket... they are definitely taking in the flavour of the city with this guy (Second hand smoke, yum!)
Chippendales are the next to head out - they flag down another unmarked cab... I'm afraid for them all now.
Trey & Lexi are taken to another wrong location but the driver waited, why not take them to more wrong places...
Jaymes & James get to the right place no problem but the auditorium doesn't open until 8am (they haven't told us what time anyone started out so I don't know how long the wait is.) They get their cab driver to hang out with them so hopefully it's not too long.
Trey & Lexi's cab driver takes them to a hotel where the guy at the front desk translates for them and they finally make it to the right place at the academy and catch up to the Chippendales. I don't think they had to wait long before it was 8am and they are allowed into the auditorium - they see the Speed Bump for James & Abba.
James & Jaymes have no idea what happened, they were out in front with the Rockers last leg so they know something must have gone horribly wrong.
ROADBLOCK - Who's in the Zone?
Teams will be shown Russia's 9 different time zones and a local Moscow time. They must correctly calculate the time of day in 5 different Russian cities to get their next clue.
-Blond Jaymes and Lexi are going to do the Roadblock. The map comes up with the time zones and then rather quickly the time zones change to cities... they get only get one when the map goes black... (Ohhhh, I thought it sounded too easy, there is a speed component and I think they switch the cities every time they show the map so they have to get the 5 as they flash up, next time it's different cities. Yikes.)
-They both are having the nightmare flashback of being back in school and showing up for a test they didn't study for... Round #6, 7, 8...
The Twins are now heading out - they have to use the Express Pass today, this is the last leg where it's still an option for them. Their cabdriver is also smoking in the cab with all the windows rolled up (fun, cough, cough.)
Jaymes & Lexi work together on test #10... but they still fail... Lexi finally figures out that they have given then Moscow time at +4 so if the next time zone is +6, it's actually only 2 hours ahead... Jaymes is so glad he's with the smartest person on the race right now... (oh yeah, she blushed.)
Finally - test #12 they get it right and they get the clue to the DETOUR: Movers or Shakers.
In Movers - they have to learn and perform a Russian soldier dance (Dressing up in uniform - love it) even Phil calls it a punishing routine - forward kicks from a crouched position - I'd be toast!
In Shakers - they have to go to an elegant party and identify the number of look-alike Russian leaders (so 2 Lenin's, 4 Stalin's... they will have a list but Americans aren't going to know what any of those people looked like - I've named the only two I'd recognize :)).
Trey & Lexi and the Chippendales are all going to do the dancing. Jaymes & James collect their cab driver who is having a coffee and a waffle, he's trying to get them to have some coffee with him - they're trying to make him realize they're in a race.
-Trey & Lexi don't have a cab so the Chippendales have their driver pull over and they make sure to flag down a cab and have them follow - they feel they owe them for the help with the time zone test and they're paying it forward (I'm really liking the Chippendales, they seem like genuinely nice guys.) Trey & Lexi agree.
-The twins are still in the cab trying to find the Agricultural academy - their cab driver says he knows, he's been a cab driver for thirty seven years... McDonalds? "NO, no McDonalds!"
-Trey & Lexi and Jaymes & James get to the dancing task and they get suited up in the soldier uniforms (we get to see Trey's chest this time, not bad.) And we learn that dark-haired James sprained his ankle in Shanghai and it's been getting progressively worse - he's struggling with the dancing. They decide not to waste anymore time learning it, they're just going to give it a shot (as James is in excruciating pain.) They get a fail.
-Trey & Lexi then give it a shot and they didn't keep up with the music - they fail too.
-They Twins get to the Roadblock - they are surprised to see it was a non-elimination leg again and as soon as they read what they had to do for the Roadblock they said, in unison, "Hell No." They use the Express Pass. And are heading out to do the dancing.
-At the dancing, Chippendales get a pass on their second attempt and get the clue to the Pit Stop - Sokolniki Park. They're having a medic take a look at James' ankle and they just yank the boot off, making the poor guy cry. (Did you miss the part about his ankle hurting? Really?)
-They head out on the street to hail a cab and the Chippendales get one, ask him to call another one for Trey & Lexi but they've run off... oh well, can't keep helping them if they take off. Chippendales are excited they could be looking at their first first place.
-The Twins pull up and Lexi wants to take their cab but they've asked him to wait for them. Another cab pulls up right behind so they hope they can still catch up to the boys.
-The Twins start learning the dance and Natalie rips her pants right up the back, then a couple more kicks and it's all the way around - she has to go put on another pair... Men's pants are not cut for girls with curves, I'm just sayin'.
-James & Abba say they are still fighting and scratching and clawing, from their hotel room...
-Josh & Brent are waiting out their penalty on the steps outside.
-Ryan & Abbie are the next team to head out - Ryan says he went to an agriculture school in the States so, "What, what" he thinks he's got this.
In the cab Abbie is building him up more, "If it has to do with math or science, he's our guy today. You know everything." (Setting him up for a fall I think.)
-The Twins pass the dancing - it's not nearly as gruelling if you don't have an ankle injury. They get the clue to the Pit Stop.
-Ryan thinks he's in the Zone for the Roadblock - when he sees the time zone data he thinks they'll be in and out in 2 minutes. He puts the times down, he's looking around, "Done. Nailed. I got it." He takes the test down and turns it in and... "It's not correct." No way! He doesn't believe it, "I was right." (I've got to admit, this task taking this guy down a peg or two did give me pleasure.) Test #8, 9, 10... he's so frustrated... then I do start to feel a little bad for him, but just a little.
-Josh & Brent head out and have James & Abba right behind them. The Beekman Boys head for the academy and James & Abba borrow a cell phone from a guy on the street and call the Embassy to see if there is any possibility of getting an emergency passport. Then they head to the police station.
-Back at the school Ryan is stumped. He doesn't understand why they put a +4 in the same zone as Moscow, another city in the same zone should be the same time (yes, so +4 =0, +5 = 1... this is going to get ugly.) Ryan has a little meltdown - he's yelling at the test guy, "the data is corrupt."
"Moscow is +4 in it's own time zone... what... OHHHHHH, I'm soooo Stupid!" The light goes on and Ryan finally gets the test right - they get the clue to the Detour and they decide to dance.
-At the Moscow police station James & Abba are trying to find out if his passport has been turned in but they insist on a report being filed... in Russian. They are lucky enough to find a guy walking by that speaks enough English to help them.
-Brent & Josh get to the Academy and Brent is going to be in the Zone. Brent prides himself on always being a good student and he proves it by getting it right away - if Moscow is +4 then the next time zone at +6 is 2 hours ahead - (look at the brain on Brent!) They decide to do the Shakers. (Really?)
-Still no Passport for Abba - they move on to complete the leg since it's not over until it's over.
-Abbie is a dance instructor so she takes Ryan in hand and they complete the dancing first shot and get the clue to the Pit Stop.
-Brent & Josh still hadn't seen James & Abba so they know they are ahead of them and they decide to have some fun at the cocktail party - they are quickly identifying the Russian historical figures, Josh has a dance with Catherine the Great, Brent has a sword fight with Peter the Great... they get the counts right and get the clue to the Pit Stop.
-James & Abba get to the Academy and have to do the Speed Bump - they don't bother showing us anything more with them - except getting a ride with a guy dressed as a priest - Now I'm curious what that was about. Oh well.
Here's How They Finished:
1) Jaymes & James (Chippendales) - they won a trip to Costa Rica.
2) Trey & Lexi - still happy
3) Nadiya & Natalie (Twins) - good job, they're happy with 3 today.
4) Abbie & Ryan - they hopefully can get back up to the top on the next leg.
5) Josh & Brent - Today was fab-u-lous. They must be doing something right.
6) James & Abba - They still do not have a passport for Abba and they are the last team to arrive - ELIMINATED. It was an amazing experience and they had a great time running it together but it's a little bitter today, "We was robbed."
And with James & Abba leaving tonight my hopes of ever winning the pool are done for another season - as well as Cara L, Pat T, Lindsay J and Ivor B
Next week: Abbie & Ryan experience Deja Vu... as they miss a connecting flight by not checkin in. And the Chippendales contemplate an epic move - to U-turn or not to U-turn.
Have a great week everyone, obviously I'm back at work but I'll try to enjoy it too ;)
Coleen
Continuation... last week we left the hapless Beekmen Boys floundering (literally) in the pool and we saw the Rockers lose all their stuff including Abba's passport which they must try to retrieve or be kicked off the Race.
Moscow, Russia: James & Abba head into a hotel (I think) to use the phone to call the police as a first step in trying to get the passport back before the other teams arrive at the Pit Stop.
Still at the pool, the Goat farmers/Beekman Boys are told the pool is closing so they have one last shot at the routine. Abbie & Ryan stick to their word and are still waiting for them. Brent and Josh cannot complete the synchronized swimming - the coach gives them their clue and tells them they have a 4hr penalty.
James & Abba are dealing with the cops, they've reported the stolen backpacks and are staying positive that they will be retrieved.
Ryan & Abbie and Brent & Josh have moved on to the Roadblock of the Trees of Love. Abbie is struggling with the locks but Josh figured out the pattern, the keys attached to the locks open the next lock, and he's moving through it quickly. Once Josh gets the clue he goes over and helps Abbie finish - at this point they are all beyond exhausted, it's been a very long day.
James & Abba have now contacted the US embassy to see if they can get a new passport issued... they have exhausted everything they can do and are resigned to their fate. They head back to the Pit Stop.
Here's how it played out:
-Abbie & Ryan are team #4
-Josh & Brent are team #5 - their penalty will be assessed at the beginning of the next leg. (Huh?)
-James & Abba are officially the last team to arrive but Phil tells them this is a non-elimination leg and they can continue in the Race until it becomes mandatory for Abba to produce a passport - if he still hasn't retrieved it at that point they will be eliminated... and they will have to do a Speed Bump. They are still in it! (Come on my long-haired friends, bring it home for mama.)
Next day: Trey & Lexi are the first team to start out the next leg - the clue tells them to head to the Agriculture Academy, specific building, large chemistry auditorium, where they'll find their next clue.
-They hop in a dodgy looking cab because "He knows, he knows" and he drops them off in what looks like a perfect place to be beaten and robbed... they know they are not at the right place, flag down a more reputable looking cab and try again. (Moral of the Moscow legs - don't trust the cab drivers in Moscow.) Their next cab driver is drinking coffee, smoking a cigarette, wearing a pink shirt and Don Cherry jacket... they are definitely taking in the flavour of the city with this guy (Second hand smoke, yum!)
Chippendales are the next to head out - they flag down another unmarked cab... I'm afraid for them all now.
Trey & Lexi are taken to another wrong location but the driver waited, why not take them to more wrong places...
Jaymes & James get to the right place no problem but the auditorium doesn't open until 8am (they haven't told us what time anyone started out so I don't know how long the wait is.) They get their cab driver to hang out with them so hopefully it's not too long.
Trey & Lexi's cab driver takes them to a hotel where the guy at the front desk translates for them and they finally make it to the right place at the academy and catch up to the Chippendales. I don't think they had to wait long before it was 8am and they are allowed into the auditorium - they see the Speed Bump for James & Abba.
James & Jaymes have no idea what happened, they were out in front with the Rockers last leg so they know something must have gone horribly wrong.
ROADBLOCK - Who's in the Zone?
Teams will be shown Russia's 9 different time zones and a local Moscow time. They must correctly calculate the time of day in 5 different Russian cities to get their next clue.
-Blond Jaymes and Lexi are going to do the Roadblock. The map comes up with the time zones and then rather quickly the time zones change to cities... they get only get one when the map goes black... (Ohhhh, I thought it sounded too easy, there is a speed component and I think they switch the cities every time they show the map so they have to get the 5 as they flash up, next time it's different cities. Yikes.)
-They both are having the nightmare flashback of being back in school and showing up for a test they didn't study for... Round #6, 7, 8...
The Twins are now heading out - they have to use the Express Pass today, this is the last leg where it's still an option for them. Their cabdriver is also smoking in the cab with all the windows rolled up (fun, cough, cough.)
Jaymes & Lexi work together on test #10... but they still fail... Lexi finally figures out that they have given then Moscow time at +4 so if the next time zone is +6, it's actually only 2 hours ahead... Jaymes is so glad he's with the smartest person on the race right now... (oh yeah, she blushed.)
Finally - test #12 they get it right and they get the clue to the DETOUR: Movers or Shakers.
In Movers - they have to learn and perform a Russian soldier dance (Dressing up in uniform - love it) even Phil calls it a punishing routine - forward kicks from a crouched position - I'd be toast!
In Shakers - they have to go to an elegant party and identify the number of look-alike Russian leaders (so 2 Lenin's, 4 Stalin's... they will have a list but Americans aren't going to know what any of those people looked like - I've named the only two I'd recognize :)).
Trey & Lexi and the Chippendales are all going to do the dancing. Jaymes & James collect their cab driver who is having a coffee and a waffle, he's trying to get them to have some coffee with him - they're trying to make him realize they're in a race.
-Trey & Lexi don't have a cab so the Chippendales have their driver pull over and they make sure to flag down a cab and have them follow - they feel they owe them for the help with the time zone test and they're paying it forward (I'm really liking the Chippendales, they seem like genuinely nice guys.) Trey & Lexi agree.
-The twins are still in the cab trying to find the Agricultural academy - their cab driver says he knows, he's been a cab driver for thirty seven years... McDonalds? "NO, no McDonalds!"
-Trey & Lexi and Jaymes & James get to the dancing task and they get suited up in the soldier uniforms (we get to see Trey's chest this time, not bad.) And we learn that dark-haired James sprained his ankle in Shanghai and it's been getting progressively worse - he's struggling with the dancing. They decide not to waste anymore time learning it, they're just going to give it a shot (as James is in excruciating pain.) They get a fail.
-Trey & Lexi then give it a shot and they didn't keep up with the music - they fail too.
-They Twins get to the Roadblock - they are surprised to see it was a non-elimination leg again and as soon as they read what they had to do for the Roadblock they said, in unison, "Hell No." They use the Express Pass. And are heading out to do the dancing.
-At the dancing, Chippendales get a pass on their second attempt and get the clue to the Pit Stop - Sokolniki Park. They're having a medic take a look at James' ankle and they just yank the boot off, making the poor guy cry. (Did you miss the part about his ankle hurting? Really?)
-They head out on the street to hail a cab and the Chippendales get one, ask him to call another one for Trey & Lexi but they've run off... oh well, can't keep helping them if they take off. Chippendales are excited they could be looking at their first first place.
-The Twins pull up and Lexi wants to take their cab but they've asked him to wait for them. Another cab pulls up right behind so they hope they can still catch up to the boys.
-The Twins start learning the dance and Natalie rips her pants right up the back, then a couple more kicks and it's all the way around - she has to go put on another pair... Men's pants are not cut for girls with curves, I'm just sayin'.
-James & Abba say they are still fighting and scratching and clawing, from their hotel room...
-Josh & Brent are waiting out their penalty on the steps outside.
-Ryan & Abbie are the next team to head out - Ryan says he went to an agriculture school in the States so, "What, what" he thinks he's got this.
In the cab Abbie is building him up more, "If it has to do with math or science, he's our guy today. You know everything." (Setting him up for a fall I think.)
-The Twins pass the dancing - it's not nearly as gruelling if you don't have an ankle injury. They get the clue to the Pit Stop.
-Ryan thinks he's in the Zone for the Roadblock - when he sees the time zone data he thinks they'll be in and out in 2 minutes. He puts the times down, he's looking around, "Done. Nailed. I got it." He takes the test down and turns it in and... "It's not correct." No way! He doesn't believe it, "I was right." (I've got to admit, this task taking this guy down a peg or two did give me pleasure.) Test #8, 9, 10... he's so frustrated... then I do start to feel a little bad for him, but just a little.
-Josh & Brent head out and have James & Abba right behind them. The Beekman Boys head for the academy and James & Abba borrow a cell phone from a guy on the street and call the Embassy to see if there is any possibility of getting an emergency passport. Then they head to the police station.
-Back at the school Ryan is stumped. He doesn't understand why they put a +4 in the same zone as Moscow, another city in the same zone should be the same time (yes, so +4 =0, +5 = 1... this is going to get ugly.) Ryan has a little meltdown - he's yelling at the test guy, "the data is corrupt."
"Moscow is +4 in it's own time zone... what... OHHHHHH, I'm soooo Stupid!" The light goes on and Ryan finally gets the test right - they get the clue to the Detour and they decide to dance.
-At the Moscow police station James & Abba are trying to find out if his passport has been turned in but they insist on a report being filed... in Russian. They are lucky enough to find a guy walking by that speaks enough English to help them.
-Brent & Josh get to the Academy and Brent is going to be in the Zone. Brent prides himself on always being a good student and he proves it by getting it right away - if Moscow is +4 then the next time zone at +6 is 2 hours ahead - (look at the brain on Brent!) They decide to do the Shakers. (Really?)
-Still no Passport for Abba - they move on to complete the leg since it's not over until it's over.
-Abbie is a dance instructor so she takes Ryan in hand and they complete the dancing first shot and get the clue to the Pit Stop.
-Brent & Josh still hadn't seen James & Abba so they know they are ahead of them and they decide to have some fun at the cocktail party - they are quickly identifying the Russian historical figures, Josh has a dance with Catherine the Great, Brent has a sword fight with Peter the Great... they get the counts right and get the clue to the Pit Stop.
-James & Abba get to the Academy and have to do the Speed Bump - they don't bother showing us anything more with them - except getting a ride with a guy dressed as a priest - Now I'm curious what that was about. Oh well.
Here's How They Finished:
1) Jaymes & James (Chippendales) - they won a trip to Costa Rica.
2) Trey & Lexi - still happy
3) Nadiya & Natalie (Twins) - good job, they're happy with 3 today.
4) Abbie & Ryan - they hopefully can get back up to the top on the next leg.
5) Josh & Brent - Today was fab-u-lous. They must be doing something right.
6) James & Abba - They still do not have a passport for Abba and they are the last team to arrive - ELIMINATED. It was an amazing experience and they had a great time running it together but it's a little bitter today, "We was robbed."
And with James & Abba leaving tonight my hopes of ever winning the pool are done for another season - as well as Cara L, Pat T, Lindsay J and Ivor B
Next week: Abbie & Ryan experience Deja Vu... as they miss a connecting flight by not checkin in. And the Chippendales contemplate an epic move - to U-turn or not to U-turn.
Have a great week everyone, obviously I'm back at work but I'll try to enjoy it too ;)
Coleen
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