Amazing Race
Amazing Race

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M. Giant: B | 462 USERS: B-
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Go Jump in a Lake

Team Control and the snowboarders arrive at the scenic path down to the even more scenic lake in first and second place respectively. They reach the shore, which is a very busy scene, with lots of singers and drummers and kids and fish being fried. They run past all this to one of the dugout canoes, which are basically hollowed-out logs and thus way too heavy for them to easily slide into the water. Also, the gunwales look less than a foot away from each other, so any thought of settling into the canoe like an open-topped aluminum model back home is out of the question. You don't sit in these so much as on them. Ernie and Cindy soon find themselves in trouble with the steering of the craft, which rides so high in the water they spend most of their time skidding around sideways. Meanwhile, Andy and Tommy are so unchallenged they have time to admire the vast lake. The far shore isn't even visible, which, given that Lake Malawi runs almost the entire length of the country, isn't all that surprising.

Marcus finishes the Roadblock in sixth place and rejoins Amani, who's pretty excited to see him before Jennifer shows up. They grab a taxi to do Lugout, because apparently they didn't get enough of carrying heavy things yesterday. "We gotta go fast, like your momma's in the hospital and you gotta get there," Amani tells the cabdriver. Justin? Still waiting. "As soon as she gets here, we'll move on as well," he narrates, like they have other options. She's just wheeling her bike around the neighborhood of her delivery spot, asking bystanders, "Have you seen any other Americans?" She tells us that all she can do is wait for another team to show up. She's in for a long wait, if that's her plan. Long dissolve shots of her standing in the middle of the road, baking in the sun, paralyzed by fear of doing the wrong thing. Which, ironically, is exactly what she's doing. Finally, after an unknown amount of time that even includes a commercial break, Jennifer decides to just return the bicycle and hope for the best. Which is the best solution no matter what, and has been for quite a while now.

Out on the lake, Ernie and Cindy are still sliding around on the lake while Andy and Tommy scoot on ahead. So Team Control decides that this is indeed the time to use their Express Pass. What? Who the hell uses an Express Pass in second place? Apparently their thinking is that if someone U-Turns them it'll be a wash. Ernie jumps out and drags the boat back to shore with Cindy in it, and they collect their next clue from the guy on the beach. This clue tells them to find a place called "Jamaica Shop," and they're in a big hurry to get there. Andy and Tommy, meanwhile, have reached the drummer's canoes in the lake. After they paddle around, one of the drummers jumps in the lake, and although the snowboarders are tempted to join them for a swim, they still have a long paddle back, and they are nothing if not responsible.

Amazing Race

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