Amazing Race

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One Day in Bangkok Makes Two Short Men Grumble

Kisha and Jen find the growing party of waiting taxis and reach the dock in last place. Kisha's taking this one, and as they head for the docks, they totally pass Jaime coming back for her stuff, who warns that the task is tiring and takes patience. Then how did Jaime finish it, when she doesn't have any? Kisha joins the others attaching propellers as the cheerleaders make it back to their taxi to claim their bags and pay their driver. They return to the boat and re-board in front of everyone who's still working on this. I think the clue requires the non-participating team member to wait on the boat, because all of them are. Either that, or the dock is so crowded that there's literally no place else for them to stand.

Margie and Luke are enjoying the sights from the river, which are indeed impressive. Back at the dock, Victor sweats visibly as Tammy keeps calling out, "Good job, Victor." I love how she says that when she means, "You suck." Mark finishes next, and like the cheerleaders, they're already out on the water when Mark reads the clue and says, "We still need to go back and get our bags." But Michael says, "They come back here," although I have no idea why he thinks that. He just wants to keep moving. After all, why sacrifice a few seconds of forward momentum on the off-chance that they might end up having to schlep all the way back across Bangkok to retrieve their luggage later in the leg?

Kisha finishes next, and they're the next team to fall victim to the overanxious pilot as he pulls away with their stuff still on land behind them. "Our pack is back there. All our belongings is at the dock," Kisha points out. There's a shot of their Amazing Purse, draped over something. "Including my shoes," Kisha adds, over a shot of her bare feet planted on the boat's deck. Did she attach the propeller with her toes? Jen says that everyone's stuff is there. "Just go," she says. Uh-oh.

Victor gets his propeller in place, but when he joins Tammy on the boat, it doesn't work, so they have to try again, Well, this is a bad turn. But after returning to the dock, Victor tightens something, and this time it works. They read their clue and ask to be dropped back off so they can get their stuff. In a boat interview while waiting to re-dock, Tammy says that two other teams went without their stuff, so they're making a "strategic move" to go back and get theirs. Their pilot drops them off a bit further up the bank so they can run back, clean their stuff out of the cab, and get back on their way without having to cover as much ground on foot as if they'd returned to the dock. So of the five teams, one got on the boat with their luggage in the first place, two had to go back for it, and two didn't. To be fair, these pilots seem to be in a bigger hurry than the Racers themselves to push off. But I can't remember the last time luggage management became such a major issue in a leg.

Amazing Race

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