Episode Report Card Miss Alli: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Only God Can Make A Brick
By Miss Alli | Season 5 | Episode 9 | Aired on 08.30.2004
Brandon and Nicole will not be using the Yield. They also elect against the Fast Forward, similarly figuring that everyone will go for it. When Linda and Karen arrive, they don't Yield anyone either, so there goes that possibility for the week. Thanks for the lesson in Remedial Yield, though. Reeeeally appreciate it. The Moms look at the Fast Forward, but, sure that someone else already took it, they don't try it. The Twinkies show up, and they, too, blow by the Yield and bag on the Fast Forward. Pfft. Bunch of sheep.
And here we are at the Globe Brick Factory. Where the first team is...Colin and Christie. I think they need a graphic that says "Currently in 1st Place (Duh)." They open the clue, which is the week's Roadblock. As Phil explains, the Roadblock requires the person to use a traditional mold to make twenty mud bricks. It looks easy, but if you don't mold the bricks exactly right, they won't turn out. And the factory owner has to approve each of your bricks, so you'd better be nice to him, Colin. "Who's ready to get down and dirty?" Colin reads, and says, "I'll do it, baby." Well, of course. He's the boy. As they walk out into the factory, where guys are making bricks under what looks like a pretty hot sun, Christie notes that Colin should watch the guys who are making the bricks to see how it's done. To his credit, Colin does stop and watch for a minute, accompanied by Christie, who makes a comment about how they add sand to the mold so that the brick doesn't stick. That's about as much advice as it's probably smart to offer at this point, not that she takes note of that fact.
Chip and Kim pull up to the Roadblock, and unsurprisingly, Chip takes it. Colin and Christie are not so excited to see Chip and Kim. You can see from the beginning that Colin is off to a poor start with his bricks, because he starts adding the mud in little handfuls, whereas it's obvious that the brickmakers are doing it just like you make bread -- you form the loaf first, and then you fit it into the pan. You don't just throw handfuls of bread dough into a pan. Colin figures out pretty quickly that this "one big blob" approach is important, and he switches gears. Chip, however, manages to get a brick approved before Colin does, so that won't make Mr. Intensity very happy. Colin shakes a brick out of the mold, but it's not made right, and he doesn't seem to have sanded the mold, considering how he has to shake it to make it fall out. "Not okay," says the brick guy. Chip, on the other hand, has a second one turn out "Okay." Colin's next one? Also not okay. Christie stands over him, saying, "You need to be...you need to pack it more, babe." Incredibly frustrated, he pounds his hands on the brick mold and yells, "I'm PACKIN' it!" And then he looks at her with this angry look that I really tried to find threatening but actually find kind of hilarious. Hulk make brick! Hulk trying Hulk's hardest! How Hulk make brick if Hulk's girlfriend keep nagging Hulk? Hulk hate nags! Man, I bet that Colin is great at parties. Get a lampshade on his head, and...whoooo-ee.
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