Episode Report Card M. Giant: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Break It Down
By M. Giant | Season 15 | Episode 2 | Aired on 10.04.2009
Marcy and Ron finish their Detour in last place and whistle for yet another cab. That makes three this hour.
Maria and Tiffany arrive at the Road Block, Maria closing the cab door on Tiffany as she's about to exit. That will actually prove to be Maria's primary contribution to the team this week. Witness: "I'm not good at putting stuff together," she tells Tiffany. Who just did the Detour, so she might as well do the Road Block, too. Ericka and Dan report that the girls are here. Brian's cool with that. "I'm just telling you," Ericka says rather snippily. "I'm in the motherboard now!" Brian says with relish, making it sound as dirty as possible. Tiffany gets down to work, one of the few players smart enough to be wearing work gloves, but also the only one to get a screw gun in her hand and ask, "How do I... make it go?" The growing crowd of spectators laughs at her ineptitude, and suddenly she's the floor show. Sam finishes up, and Brian, also wearing gloves, is close behind, so now they're in fifth place. And Dan is complaining about the difficulty of getting a taxi while Sam complains about Dan's complaining. Both teams seem to cab up at about the same time.
On the approach to the Pit Stop, both lead teams are talking about the impending footrace in their respective cabs. Flight Time says Meghan and Cheyne can take second this time, but Big Easy says, "They ain't gonna take it. They want first, just like we do." Big Easy reminds us that he's playing for his late dad. Meghan and Cheyne spot the entrance gate and stop their driver. The Globetrotters do the same, and it is indeed a footrace. The Globetrotters can't catch Cheyne before he reaches the gate, but they have passed Meghan, and that's enough. Once on the grounds, all four of them drop their bags (some local is running along with them like Dwight's cousin Mose or something) and Cheyne is the first to jog onto the mat. But it's not enough, because he has to step aside for both of the arriving Globetrotters before Meghan can catch up to him. And it doesn't count until the whole team is on the mat, of course. "Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam!" pipes up the lovely greeter in the white dress. Has there ever been a hideous female greeter? All the male greeters have "character" and do shit like play flutes with their noses, but the women all look like they could be on the cover of magazines other than National Geographic. Anyway, all four racers stand arm in arm as Phil tells Flight Time and Big Easy that they're team number one, and Meghan and Cheyne are happy to be team number two. Phil says the Globetrotters have won a trip to Aruba. "Never been there before," Flight Time says. What kind of globetrotter is he, anyway? Phil remarks on how close it was, and they're all good sports about it. Big Easy reminds us that this was for his father, who's proud of him and what he's become. Aw. That's one for Even Bigger Easy.