Episode Report Card Miss Alli: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Head wounds and foot races
By Miss Alli | Season 7 | Episode 5 | Aired on 03.28.2005
Meredith and Gretchen drop their stuff at the Children's Home and leave for the pit stop. They discuss whether they'll be eliminated, and conclude that unless somebody else is really lost, they've got to be in last place.
Maybe they haven't had the pleasure of six seasons of editing, but Meredith and Gretchen are the only ones in the room who don't know that comment will take us directly to the somewhat lost Uchenna and Joyce, who are having trouble with the part about searching the streets for the street where Mandela used to live. They're not seeing the pit stop. They're making a U-turn. But then before you know it, they are indeed running up to the mat and being checked in sixth. "I'm still chewing dirt from the caves," Uchenna comments. Nevertheless, he's excited to be in "the motherland," and Phil talks to them about how moving the orphanage was. Joyce cries -- not in the fakey-fake way, but in the really torn-up way -- as she talks about how sweet the kids were and how appreciative the lady was. "This has been the most special moment for us in the entire race," Uchenna says. It certainly was one of the most special moments in the race for the people who do the "Next week on" segment, for something that ultimately took fifteen seconds.
Meredith and Massive Head Wound Gretchen approach the mat. They check in and learn that they are the last team to arrive. BUT! The good news is that they are not Philimated, because this is a non-elimination leg. BUT! The bad news is that Phil, as usual, is going to take all of their money. AND! The even worse news is that there is a newly expanded non-elimination penalty. Said penalty is that not only are they pulling your money, they are pulling everything you have except your passports and the clothes you're wearing. Woooow. That sucks. "My God," they both say. Phil tells them that they'll be leaving with just their passports, and Meredith sort of tentatively tries to clarify whether they'll get their stuff back if they survive another leg, and Phil certainly makes it sound like they won't, though he's slightly vague on it. Phil tells them not to give up, and to their credit, neither of them hits him.
"All we have are each other now," Gretchen says. In their post-mat interview, Meredith says that they won't give up until they literally can't take one more step. They're pretty tough. Tougher than I originally thought.
Executive Producer? Jerry Bruckheimer. Other half of episode? Still to come!
Commercials. Okay, I think the Diet Coke With Lime commercials are a little funny. Why can't I get Diet Coke with Lime in restaurants, anyway? I want my Diet Coke with Lime!
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