Amazing Race
Ep. |
Title |
Air/Pub'l |
Grade |
Author |
| 12-11 Recap |
Hippie PrettyThe Final Push - The last leg takes the teams to Alaska, where Chris and Ron stay in the lead until a startlingly complex Roadblock allows TK and Rachel to pass them and take the crown. Better luck next time, Mean Dad. |
2008.01.20
2008.01.26 |
A | Miss Alli |
| 12-10 Recap |
Ta-Pie In The FaceSorry, Guys, I'm Not Happy To See You - Jen and Nate are still arguing as the teams head to Taiwan. With four teams left and three reasonably cool ones, the odds are really not very good that we're going to see -- hey, look at that! |
2008.01.13
2008.01.19 |
A | Miss Alli |
| 12-9 Recap |
Flowers And RobotsI Just Hope He Doesn't Croak On Us - TK and Rachel separate from the pack, and it's nothing but bad news for them. Meanwhile, Don learns to operate a robot, and Ron makes it most of the way through a leg without being a total jerk. Hooray! |
2008.01.06
2008.01.12 |
A- | Miss Alli |
| 12-8 Recap |
Philimination And Philimination AccessoriesHonestly, They Have Witch Powers Or Something! - The final five teams go to India, where there's less trauma than usual as they try putting up posters, stringing flowers, and dragging tanks of propane. After blowing a U-Turn and misreading some directions, Kent and Vixen hit the bricks. Hey, at least the makeup routine can be fully restored. |
2007.12.30
2008.01.05 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 12-7 Recap |
None Of The Teams Have A Way...This Is Forever, Now - ...with B-O-L-O-G-N-A. Three teams get dud directions to Florence and end up driving all night, and it's kind of an exhausting leg. After setbacks both in and out of their control, TK and Rachel make it to the mat ahead of Kent and Vixen, who aren't eliminated, but are in some real trouble now. |
2007.12.23
2007.12.27 |
A | Couch Baron |
| 12-6 Recap |
Faltering EconomyCherry On Top Of The Sundae That's Already Melted - The teams head from Lithuania to Croatia, and one team learns that you always, always check your tickets, because "walk" doesn't mean "take a taxi," and "fly" doesn't mean "business class." |
2007.12.09
2007.12.14 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 12-5 Recap |
Stilt-ifyingWe've Really Burned Bridges, For Sure - Everybody goes to Lithuania, where carrying baskets and walking on stilts turn out to be really easy, compared to some people's experiences with counting. |
2007.12.02
2007.12.08 |
A- | Miss Alli |
| 12-4 Recap |
You Can Dance If You Want ToLet's Name Our Chicken Phil - In Burkina Faso, the teams choose between dancing and mining, and then there are more animals involved, if you can believe it. Jason and Lorena take their final bows, and they go off into a future of being totally doomed, if we're being honest. |
2007.11.25
2007.12.01 |
A- | Miss Alli |
| 12-3 Recap |
Camel Kicks And MilkPlease, Lord, Give Me Milk - In Burkina Faso, the teams try out a little camel-milking, test out their language skills, and try to pronounce "Ouagadougou." Yeah, good luck with that. |
2007.11.18
2007.11.24 |
B+ | Miss Alli |
| 12-2 Recap |
I Want To Ride My BicycleI've Become The Archie Bunker Of The Home - Amsterdam involves less pot and fewer hookers than you might think, but there's plenty of mud, and there are certainly plenty of bicycles. |
2007.11.11
2007.11.17 |
N/A | Miss Alli |
| 12-1 Recap |
Smack That AssDonkeys Have Souls, Too - In Ireland, the teams deal with biking, getting directions, and managing stubborn pack animals. Yay! |
2007.11.04
2007.11.10 |
A | Miss Alli |
| 12-1 Extra |
The Nine Best Episodes EverThe Nine Best Episodes Ever - You've heard about the Emmy wins and the All-Star round and Rob and Amber, but can you name the nine best Amazing Race episodes of all time? We can. |
2007.10.28
2007.10.28 |
N/A | Miss Alli |
| 11-12 Recap |
The Pill Of VictoryLow To The Ground, That's My Technique - Honolulu and San Francisco, and then Eric and Pink win the season they've tried to pass off as "All-Stars." I swear, I'm not kidding. |
2007.05.06
2007.05.11 |
C- | Miss Alli |
| 11-11 Recap |
Have Guam, Will TravelOh My God, The Teletubbies Go To War - The teams go to Guam, where they visit a couple of military installations and do a little navigating and hard labor. Danny and Oswald are eliminated, and the final three looks...kind of grim, actually. |
2007.04.29
2007.05.03 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 11-10 Recap |
Macau, Right In The KisserGood Doing Business With You - Danny and Oswald sell their Yield, which causes them more morality-related angst than Donald Rumsfeld has ever spared for tortured detainees. Eric and Pink unmark themselves, and Danny and Oswald finish last, but are not eliminated. |
2007.04.22
2007.04.27 |
B+ | Miss Alli |
| 11-9 Recap |
Laundry And KickingWe Are Trying To Make Love, Not War - A leg in Hong Kong shows a distressingly narrow view of this particular location, and Eric and Pink aren't even eliminated, even though they're last. All in all, not a very satisfying episode. |
2007.04.15
2007.04.19 |
C | Miss Alli |
| 11-8 Recap |
Hey, Guys, Wait UpThe Way You Look, Yeah - Everybody goes to Malaysia! Well, except for Uchenna and Joyce. I mean, they go eventually, but by the time they get there, all the bike-riding and cookie-eating is over. |
2007.04.08
2007.04.13 |
B+ | Miss Alli |
| 11-7 Recap |
Knight Of The SausagesIf I Were In Town, I Would Ask For Your Number - Warsaw, Auschwitz, bagels, sausages, and Mirna haranguing an armor-clad Charla. What more could you possibly want? Well, Team Guido gets booted, so that's the bad part. |
2007.1.001
2007.04.06 |
B+ | Miss Alli |
| 11-6 Recap |
I Got A Cab At ZanzibarWe're Going To Trade You For Food Now - Teams play airport shuffle forever, and with the help of some very mysterious "weather," they are bunched and anti-bunched and spread across many hours. Charla and Mirna snag another victory, while Ian and Teri and their hats go home. |
2007.03.25
2007.03.31 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 11-5 Recap |
The Big MozambiqueYou Need To Watch Your Jokes, Guy - Rats are complicit in a whirl around Mozambique, in which Uchenna and Joyce come in last, but avoid elimination. |
2007.03.18
2007.03.24 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 11-4 Recap |
Over Before It Even Staah-tedNo Babies On The Race - This week, Rob and Amber do almost everything wrong, and while not everything they do wrong really matters, everything is enough to land them in last place and send them home. |
2007.03.11
2007.03.12 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 11-3 Recap |
Clueless, On Several FrontsI'm Sorry I'm Wearing A Bathing Suit. It Is Very Weird, I Know - A whole bunch of teams make mistakes this week, but Mary and David's navigation error trumps all the other ones, and they finally go home. Good job, Chile! |
2007.03.04
2007.03.09 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 11-2 Recap |
Mirna Goes-o NutsoBeauty Is Sometimes Skin Deep - In Chile, the race involves a lot of driving, and the teams are not brilliant with the navigation. After a mind-bending Roadblock and a strength-testing Detour, Kevin and Drew are eliminated, which at least means that Drew can lie down. Yeesh. |
2007.02.25
2007.03.02 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 11-1 Recap |
When Guido Met MirnaI Told You Less Martinis And More Cardio - The very odd experience that is the All-Star Race begins. You will be shocked to hear that Rob and Amber run away with the leg and John Vito and Jill get lost a lot. |
2007.02.18
2007.02.23 |
A- | Miss Alli |
| 10-13 Recap |
Go Overdogs!Say Your Deepest Prayers Ever - Another season, another whirlwind trip back to the United States. The teams run neck and neck as the producers intend, right up until the *lyns miss the flight to New York. From there, Tyler and James battle it out on the ground with Rob and Kimberly, and the models emerge victorious. |
2006.12.10
2006.12.15 |
A | Miss Alli |
| 10-12 Recap |
Barcelona Killed The Beauty QueensDude, I'm Such A Hot Giant Chick Right Now! - In Barcelona, an awesomely weird Detour sends Rob and Kim into a spectacular meltdown and sends the BQs home. So the final three looksâ¦really not like you might have expected. |
2006.12.03
2006.12.08 |
A- | Miss Alli |
| 10-11 Recap |
The Beauty Of Coming In LastWe Just Won't Die, Like Roaches - Dustin and Kandice make a few mistakes this week (none of which is Yielding Lyn and Karlyn), and after getting out of the first two without a scratch, they run into a problem with the last one, and it dumps them in last place. It's non-elimination, though, so they're not done yet. |
2006.11.26
2006.12.01 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 10-10 Recap |
Finish Last = Nice Guys?Lookin' Like A Blue-Haired Lady On A Sunday Drive - The *wins continue to wait (and wait) for the *lyns at various points during the race, until they wait once too often and find themselves Philiminated. At least they don't have to live with the shame of competition. |
2006.11.19
2006.11.24 |
B+ | Miss Alli |
| 10-9 Recap |
Finland, Finland, FinlandBeing Polite Sucks Sometimes - A trip to Finland turns into the first half of a two-parter, but not before we get to see some family members and some mud. |
2006.11.12
2006.11.17 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 10-8 Recap |
The Longest PhiliminationHe Can't Swim, But He Can Eat Cow Lips - The teams island-hop to Madagascar, where they run into a weird Detour in which they have to work in teams of two teams (really!), then a rubber-stamping Roadblock. Dave and Mary manage to sneak in ahead of the *lyns, but last week's NEL penalty does them in. |
2006.11.05
2006.11.10 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 10-7 Recap |
More-WHAT-ee-us?I Wonder If This Is Going To Make My Fingers Pickle - The teams head to Mauritius and hunt around in some piles of salt, but mostly, they get lost a lot. The "Six Pack" alliance is stuck in the back, and Mary and Dave come in last again. Still? Not out of it. They are lasting a long time for people who aren't racing very well. |
2006.10.29
2006.11.03 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 10-6 Recap |
Kuwait Of The WorldMaybe Steven Seagal Will See Me And Want Me To Be In One Of His Movies - Kuwait is apparently a very tough place to navigate, because this episode contains an awful lot of driving around looking out of windows and despairing. Dave and Mary escape their non-elimination penalty, and Peter and Sarah are eliminated, at which point she punts him. Thank goodness. |
2006.10.22
2006.10.27 |
B+ | Miss Alli |
| 10-5 Recap |
What A CrocI Covered His Mouth, Oh My Gosh! - India brings its usual combination of unusual roadside attractions, local smells, interesting tasks, and the separation of the graceful and the graceless. The season-long game of Name Peter's Personality Disorder continues. |
2006.10.15
2006.10.20 |
B+ | Miss Alli |
| 10-4 Recap |
Buoy Oh BuoyI Know Phil, Little Ol' Gorgeous Thing! - A water-based leg in Vietnam does in Tom and Terry, who have trouble moving a sampan and don't find dragging the boat manually to be a perfect solution. Go figure. |
2006.10.08
2006.10.13 |
A- | Miss Alli |
| 10-3 Recap |
Birdcages, Flowers, And John McCainOh, Wow! It's Like One Of Those Things You See On TV! - The race heads for Vietnam, where the teams sell flowers to the locals and learn a little about getting dirty and fuel sources. Duke and Lauren have navigation problems and wind up behind, and when Terry and Tom's karmic smack isn't quite hard enough, Duke and Lauren are Philiminated. Sniff. |
2006.09.31
2006.10.06 |
B+ | Miss Alli |
| 10-2 Recap |
Pom-Pom And Bad CircumstanceCan Horses Smell Fear? - Jamie and Kellie are booted at the end of a topsy-turvy leg that's all about navigation, persistence, aim, remaining calm around animals, folding, and scooping up water with your shoe. Really! |
2006.09.24
2006.09.29 |
A | Miss Alli |
| 10-1 Recap |
Two For The Price Of OneReal Fast! Quack, Quack! - The race kicks off and goes in a westerly direction this time, heading first to China, where the Muslim friends and the Indian couple are eliminated in the very first episode. Diversity, like fame, is fleeting. |
2006.09.17
2006.09.22 |
A | Miss Alli |
| 9-12 Recap |
And unicorns danced!5 Continents...10 Countries...And More than 59 Thousand Miles! - In what the show clearly finds to be the most feel-good ending ever, BJ and Tyler grab a victory based on one task after being soundly thrashed in approximately 4,000 other tasks. That does feel good. Please, sir, may I have another? |
2006.05.17
2006.05.22 |
C | Miss Alli |
| 9-11 Recap |
Babes In ThailandI Think This Monkey Likes Me! - BJ and Tyler get free clothes from the overly generous, win the Fast Forward, come in first, and get rid of MoJo, their least favorite team. Quite a week. |
2006.05.10
2006.05.15 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 9-10 Recap |
Enjoying the glory of DarwinMan, They Should Have Used Fake Names - In Australia, MoJo are blamed for a cab-canceling stunt by Eric and Jeremy, and they wind up getting hit with a Yield. Nevertheless, they avoid last place in a mad dash to the finish, and BJ and Tyler have to be saved by another non-elimination round. |
2006.05.03
2006.05.08 |
A- | Miss Alli |
| 9-9 Recap |
For whatever it's PerthDo You Know How Much Running I Did Today, Phil? - Australia! There is no riding of kangaroos or throwing of boomerangs (yet), but there is plenty of prison-breaking and breathless battles against beach erosion. In the end, Fran and Barry make their exit, leaving some dudes and some bickering couples to fight it out for the million. |
2006.04.26
2006.05.01 |
B+ | Miss Alli |
| 9-8 Recap |
Bulletproof HippiesHere Comes The Bedouin! - In Oman, the teams cope with stubborn camels, cartoon maps, and concealed meat. As it must, it turns out to be a non-elimination, which means that the shift in the universe where Eric and Jeremy and BJ and Tyler wind up on the bottom of the pack has absolutely no meaning. |
2006.04.19
2006.04.24 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 9-7 Recap |
Greece, LightningHerculean Effort For Some Herculean Dudes - It rains and storms for most of the leg as the teams hang around in Rome for a short time before heading to Athens. Tune in for bungee jumping, track and field, a team scramble, and the Philimination of Lake and Michelle. |
2006.04.12
2006.04.17 |
B+ | Miss Alli |
| 9-6 Recap |
The many fish of ItalySleep Deprivation Is Really Starting To Irritate Me - A dull leg runs around Sicily, and the teams kind of drive around and carry stuff and throw a ball, and then it's over and Dave and Lori are Philiminated. How unsatisfying. |
2006.04.05
2006.04.10 |
B- | Miss Alli |
| 9-5 Recap |
Italians DressingGood Thing I Took That Human Anatomy Class In High School - Well, if they were dressing, they'd leave their laundry all over the place, which is vaguely relevant to this week's jaunt across Italy. Marvel as Danielle and Dani fight it out with Ray and Yolanda for last place but, after being Yielded by Lake and Michelle, the former team receives its overdue walking papers. |
2006.03.28
2006.04.02 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 9-4 Recap |
I Wonder As I WandaIt's Not Over Until The Phil Sings - From Moscow to Germany, teams struggle with navigation, closed flights, and silly costumes. Lots of mugging, lots of luck, and the unwelcome elimination of Wanda and Desiree make for a ho-hum episode, fast cars or no fast cars. |
2006.03.21
2006.03.26 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 9-3 Recap |
Drivers, divers, and dollsI'm In Russia, Playing With Dolls - In Moscow, teams confront their fear of water, their fear of little dolls, and their fear of losing their luggage. They do not, however, confront a pit stop. |
2006.03.14
2006.03.19 |
B+ | Miss Alli |
| 9-2 Recap |
Sugar, sugarI'm Filthy And I Love It - This week, the jaunt through Brazil continues as the teams try a rappel down a huge apartment building and a sugar-water Detour, and in the end, to no one's surprise, Lisa and Joni go home. |
2006.03.07
2006.03.11 |
A- | Miss Alli |
| 9-1 Recap |
Brazil nutsHere We Go, Baby, Off To Win A Million Bucks - We're off again, from Denver to Brazil. No bunching, no "choose a departure time," just "get there as fast as you can." What could be better? |
2006.02.28
2006.03.04 |
A | Miss Alli |
| 8-11 Recap |
Canada, dry25 Days, 50 Cities, And More Than 600 Consecutive Hours As A Family... - The ho-hum Family Edition comes to a ho-hum, could-have-been-worse end when the Linzes best the Weavers and Bransens to win a million dollars. The geography nod is pretty cool, though. |
2005.12.13
2005.12.18 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 8-10 Recap |
Even pink girls get the bluesThe Family Christmas Card - A trip through the Wild West leaves the teams dashing for the first elimination in weeks, and the axe falls on the Godlewskis, who argue themselves right out of the race. Sad, but weirdly inevitable. |
2005.12.06
2005.12.11 |
C | Miss Alli |
| 8-9 Recap |
In my beautiful (and slow) balloonDon't Talk To Me Like I Was An Animal Or Something - The teams explore Utah and Wyoming, and wait around to see Old Faithful erupt. It's about that exciting, and in the end, it's not even the end, because it's To Be Continued. |
2005.11.29
2005.12.04 |
C | Miss Alli |
| 8-8 Recap |
The agony of non-defeatHow's That Face Feel? - The most disappointing non-elimination ever occurs when the Weavers race horribly, are Yielded, give up, and still get to stay. They even get a pep talk from Phil. Gross. In other news: Utah. |
2005.11.22
2005.11.27 |
B- | Miss Alli |
| 8-7 Recap |
Double your "pleasure," double your zzzzz…You Look Ridiculous - Having spent a couple of episodes outside the United States, it's clearly time to come back, so it's off to Arizona to ride go-karts and bail out sinking boats and ultimately say goodbye to the Paolos. And the Weavers just keep getting worse. |
2005.11.08
2005.11.13 |
B- | Miss Alli |
| 8-6 Recap |
What's the matter with Florida?I'm Sick Of Doing Stuff I Can't Do - This is the week when nobody likes the Weavers. The Paolos don't like them, the Godlewskis don't like them, the Linzes sure as hell don't like them, and the Bransens...are still kind of just there. Despite all that bad mojo, it's not the Weavers but the charming Gaghans who take the fall. It was inevitable, but...sigh. |
2005.1.001
2005.11.06 |
B- | Miss Alli |
| 8-5 Recap |
A Man, A Plan, A Canal, WhateverWe're Getting Out Of The Country, Girls - The teams head out of the country for the first time, sort of meandering around Panama letting luck have its way with them. The Paolos take advantage of the Fast Forward, but the Godlewskis can't take advantage of a baseball Roadblock, so they wind up mugged by Phil for everything they have other than the twenty pairs of underwear they have on. |
2005.10.25
2005.10.30 |
B- | Miss Alli |
| 8-4 Recap |
Sawing logs, indeedThink Like An Office Chair - A jaunt through Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana takes the teams bike-riding, card-playing, and sponsor-hunting. It's about as exciting as it sounds. |
2005.10.18
2005.10.22 |
C+ | Miss Alli |
| 8-3 Recap |
Eenie, Meenie, Miney, GoI Don't Kiss, I Make Out! - A largely random Philimination of the likable Aiellos "highlights" a boring episode that involves mostly "drive here" and "walk there" and Waffle House and AOL and booooo! |
2005.10.11
2005.10.15 |
C | Miss Alli |
| 8-2 Recap |
Antebellum? I hardly even know 'em!How Do We Know We Aren't Going To Get Shot? - The teams trek to Washington, D.C. and then to Virginia this week as they study up on reflecting pools, the Civil War, and the difference between a couple of concepts we like to call "east" and "west." |
2005.10.04
2005.10.08 |
B+ | Miss Alli |
| 8-1 Recap |
On The Road AgainGo Mommy, Go! We Can Beat Them! - A bunch of SUVs, the open road, and forty people. It's the recipe for the weirdest race ever, and whatever you think of the concept, you'll likely sniffle at the pit stop elimination of an eight-year-old. Yikes. |
2005.09.27
2005.09.30 |
A- | Miss Alli |
| 7-12 Extra |
Money for nothing, and your wedding for freeRob And Amber Get Married - You've seen them, and you've either loved them or hated them or been indifferent to them, and there's a good chance you're good and tired of them. So here's two more hours! Eat it! |
2005.05.24
2005.06.09 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 7-11 Recap |
Thanks a bunchFive Continents, 25 Cities, and More Than 40,000 Miles - A jaunt through Jamaica and Puerto Rico brings the teams to Miami, where the usual final-leg machinations bring it down to the usual final-leg taxi ride, and Uchenna and Joyce -- having benefited from the best and most unlikely string of luck and bunching in the history of the show -- manage a nice victory for themselves. She did give her hair for the cause, after all. |
2005.05.10
2005.05.15 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 7-10 Recap |
Where-wolves of LondonThe Devil Made Me Do It - The race moves along to England, where Rob and Amber and Ron and Kelly fight it out for first place and Joyce and Uchenna and Gretchen and Meredith struggle to stay in the game. Ultimately, Meredith and Gretchen run out of luck, and it's time to say goodbye to a couple of nice, if loud, individuals. |
2005.05.03
2005.05.08 |
A- | Miss Alli |
| 7-9 Recap |
Happy Turkey DayWe Got A Gnome! We Got A Gnome! - The teams head to Istanbul, where a surprised Uchenna and Joyce and Gretchen and Meredith find themselves a couple of hours ahead of a karma-slapped Rob and Amber and Ron and Kelly. It's non-elimination, fortunately for a certain responsibility-shirking POW. |
2005.04.26
2005.04.30 |
B+ | Miss Alli |
| 7-8 Recap |
Bald ambitionWe Have A Bad Elephant - An elephant-pushing Detour and a camel-whupping Roadblock take a back seat to the poetry of head-shaving as the race continues across India. Get a tissue, y'all, because Joyce is bald. At least we get to bid farewell to Alex and Lynn, so there's something to feel happy about. |
2005.04.19
2005.04.24 |
B+ | Miss Alli |
| 7-7 Recap |
Tea, totallyMow 'Em Down Like Grass - In India, the teams tackle a patience-testing Roadblock and a rather chaotic Detour that sends them around like the donut-cart guy at your office. In the end, all is "To Be Continued," so how's that for anticlimactic? |
2005.04.12
2005.04.16 |
B+ | Miss Alli |
| 7-6 Extra |
Moving forward at a good clipThey Saved The Eyeball - We take a brief moment between legs to enjoy a clip show, in which we get a relatively small amount of new footage and a fairly hefty amount of old footage. You've been dying to relive the Meatblock, haven't you? |
2005.04.06
2005.04.10 |
B | Miss Alli |
| 7-6 Recap |
Animal magnetismHouston, We Have An Elephant - It's wildlife week on The Amazing Race, as the teams interact with goats, giraffes, elephants, ostriches, cows, little pig-like things, and, in Ron and Kelly's case, the vultures now circling their relationship. |
2005.04.05
2005.04.07 |
A- | Miss Alli |
| 7-5 Recap |
Head wounds and foot racesI've Been Wanting A Face Lift For A Long Time - First, Gretchen gets herself a nice walking-wounded appearance, and then she and Meredith lose all their money and their stuff at a non-elimination mat. Then the most satisfying ending of all time comes along as Brian and Greg...well, you really have to see it. |
2005.03.29
2005.04.03 |
A | Miss Alli |