Episode Report Card Miss Alli: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Flowers And Robots
By Miss Alli | Season 12 | Episode 9 | Aired on 01.05.2008
Robots. Don scores a goal! They get the pit stop clue. Don says in an interview that he doesn't think he could have done it with anyone else. They grab a cab to the pit stop. Nick tells Don he thinks this will be another less-than-great day that they'll nevertheless survive. I think they are smelling the non-elimination leg coming from a mile away, in addition to suspecting that TK and Rachel are...not ahead of them.
Ron and Chris! Nate and Jen! Approaching the park! Ron and Chris's driver needs directions! Phil is at the mat! And there's not even any real buildup this time; it's just Ron and Chris running up to the mat and learning, to their great joy, that they're team number one. And they win a pair of electric vehicles that are environmentally safe! Christina happily reports to Phil that her dad didn't lose his temper one time! Except for that one time! She says Ron is getting much better, and she actually had a good time with them not arguing. She reports in an interview that getting along helped them come in first. Ron wants them to be "cohesive."
Nate and Jen check in second. No electric vehicles for them. "It is on," Jen swears in an interview, regarding the fact that they still did not come in first. "The best team's going to finish last, and that's going to be Jen and I," Nate vows. Jen looks at him, and the needle-scratch sound effect is put to use. Nate clarifies that he means they'll finish FIRST on the last LEG. Good one, genius.
Welcome, Nick and Don, you are team number three. Phil asks them if they think they can win, and they say they think they can, though Don admits he was tired. Don points out that he'll be 69 soon -- hee hee -- and that he's "45 years older than just about everybody," which is true other than...Ron, who's 58. But still! Don says he's going to do all he can to keep them in the running for the million dollars.
The music grows sad. TK and Rachel go through the tasks. They start talking about how they had this great experience, and they really love each other, and the tinkly piano plays, and you are really meant to think this is the end of them. She does the taxi ride; they do the flowers; she talks about the way he cleansed her life of negativity; he's a beam of light. He says they like to be themselves, and they're still strong together, and it speaks of the way "this was meant to be."
Welcome, TK and Rachel. You are last. But you are not eliminated! You will face a Speed Bump in the next leg. Phil mentions that at this point, they're about three hours behind, so it's probably major bunching or bust.