The second train is only now leaving Surabaya. Nadiya finds out from a fellow passenger that it's about an hour to Bangil. Caitlin & Brittany realize that they're going to be competing against the rest of the back of the pack, but aren't worried. "We're a lot stronger than the three other teams. I mean we're smart, we're mentally tough and we can do physical tasks, so we can easily beat them." That's why you started the leg in seventh place, right?
In Bangil, the lead teams all approach the five-way intersection where Parliman POS stands, Jaymes reminding everyone not to U-Turn. Team Grabbie is the first team to reach the kiosk that's dominated by the giant Double U-Turn sign with the touchscreen interface. Phil reminds us that the U-Turn gives two teams the opportunity to slow down two other teams by making them do both sides of the Detour (unless, as we'll see later, one of those two teams is made up of idiots). This is a blind U-Turn, by the way, which will end up being significant. Team Grabbie announces that they won't U-Turn anyone, and then take one of the waiting clues, which is already sending them to the Pit Stop. Phil says that's Bangil's number-one high school, which the subtitles identify as Sma Negeri 1 Bangil School. With that name, it had better be a damn good school so the students can spell it. "The last team to check in here may be eliminated," Phil says while standing behind the mat and in front of the assembled class, all of whom are girls draped in white robes and veils. Team Grabbie quickly gets directions to the place, which must also be Bangil's cleanest high school given the uniforms.
Team Chippendale is also approaching, just ahead of Team Austin. Both teams babble about how they're not U-Turning anyone and get on their way to the Pit Stop. Eventually Team Metal gets to the U-Turn sign. Abba calmly says they choose not to U-Turn anyone (see?) and they head to the Pit Stop. The three lead teams are seen hurrying hopefully to the school and James and Abba get to the wrong one somehow. At least they got there quickly, though. There are some fancily-edited shots of the school and then Abbie and Ryan run across the grounds and to the small outdoor amphitheater where Phil's waiting with a member of the faculty, who's dressed exactly like the students. "Hai," she says, which the subtitles helpfully translate as "Hai (Hello)." Thank God for subtitles, right? She welcomes them to Bangil, Ryan celebrates in his customary Abbie-grabbing way, and Phil tells them they've won a trip to Fiji. Trey & Lexi show up moments later and hug after learning that they're team number two. Phil asks them what they think about Team Grabbie coming in first for the second time in three legs. Lexi says they knew from day one that Ryan and Abbie were going to be their strongest competition. "We got lucky!" Ryan fake-protests with a disingenuously shit-eating grin. Yeah, just because I believe him doesn't mean that he does. In an interview, Lexi says that Abby and Ryan are a huge threat, being the only ones who are racing for two million dollars. "If we had the opportunity to U-Turn somebody again, I think it would definitely be Abbie & Ryan," Lexi says while Trey sits silently next to her. We cut back to that team on the mat, suddenly looking serious over a dramatic sound effect, as though they heard what Lexi just said. Or maybe they can just tell what she's thinking. She doesn't really seem like the inscrutable type.









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