Amazing Race
Amazing Race

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M. Giant: B | 408 USERS: B-
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Rotten in the State

Back from the suspenseful ad break, we see Team NFL boarding the plane. Marcus interviews, "It feels like death to me." Amani says it's not that bad; "If death came, I'm fighting death every step of the way." But not Philimination? At least they're in the air now.

Meanwhile, in Copenhagen, Phil tells us that the other teams will have to climb more than 400 steps up the church steeple -- including a spiral flight around the outside of the upper part of the tower -- and find two clues. One is a flag flying from the stairway's railing that reads "BORG SLOT," and the other is a large banner visible on a nearby rooftop that reads "FREDERIKS." This should be enough to tell them that they have to get to a place called "Frederiksborg Slot," which looks like a huge medieval castle. There'll be a woman in period costume waiting in the courtyard for them with a basket of clues. Teams schlep up the inner stairwell but are buoyed by the view when they emerge onto the balcony overlooking the city. They all find the flag up top at pretty much the same time, and start heading back down. But at the bottom of the external staircase, Cathi calls a halt and points down at the guys stretching out the "FREDERIKS" banner a few buildings away. Bill figures it out: "Frederiksborg Slot...'slot' means 'castle.' They have a lot of 'em around here." I'm just impressed he knew the Danish word for castle off the top of his head. That makes me feel a lot less smug about knowing "kirke" means "church." The guys with the banner on the roof fold it back up again for some reason while other teams are trying to decode it. Even so, most of them seem to be able to figure out they're going to Frederiksborg Slot save Jeremy and Sandy, who didn't see the whole thing. Looking at a skyline map on the railing, they decide they're going to "Rosenborg Slot" instead and rush off without wasting time actually finding out where they're going. The teams are a little more spread out coming out of the church. First Laurence and Zac, then Ernie and Cindy, then Bill and Cathi, then Andy and Tommy hurry out to their cars. While riding in the back as Bill drives, Cathi says they think they're an hour and a half ahead of Amani and Marcus. Whose progress in the race is indicated by a shot of a plane and some clouds. If we could see Marcus and Amani inside the plane, their eyes would probably be crossed out.

Amazing Race

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