Episode Report Card M. Giant: A- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Gypsies, Vamps, and Beams
By M. Giant | Season 14 | Episode 3 | Aired on 03.01.2009
Kisha and Jen arrive on the mat in third. Luke and Margie aren't far behind, and as Phil speaks/signs that they're team number four, I envy Luke for not being able to hear the pan flute.
Tammy and Victor reach the bottom of the hill, and Victor sighs, "Aw, there's a stupid arrow." Language! Shortly thereafter, they find the signs pointing them uphill to the coffins. "Sorry we have to go up again," he tells her. "Crapola," she responds. Like a couple of sailors, these two.
Christie and Jodi arrive at the Pit Stop and are walking up the footpath when Christie notices the Stuntmen running up behind them. The footrace is on, and Mark and Michael arrive in fifth, with the Flight Attendants just steps behind them in sixth. Hugs all around, now that both teams have moved up significantly in the standings.
Victor's being a big old drama queen as Tammy tells him to be careful dragging the coffin down the hill: "I don't care if I die," he says. "Oh, come on, Victor," Tammy says impatiently. Down they go. They get the first lock open, but the key that's supposed to be there... isn't. They can only conclude that the key got broken off in the mad slide down the hill. "And now we have the impossible task of finding a stupid key," Victor says. So he might not care if he dies, but breaking the fake coffin puzzle is clearly a showstopper.
Brad and Victoria are still on the train to Brasov, and Victoria narrates that they wondered if it was possible for another team to "have screwed up as bad, and if they did, then we're still in the game." Maybe if they were off the train and in Brasov already, but otherwise...well, let's just say it seems to have taken Tammy and Victor a lot less time coming down the hill than going up.
Team Go Team comes stumbling down the hill towards the mat. I know Phil has nerves of steel, but further proof is the fact that he has to watch all these teams come bumbling downhill towards where he's standing, with an even steeper hill dropping away just a few yards behind him. If someone overshoots, he'll just keep tumbling until he's in Moldova. The cheerleaders are quite happy to hear that they are team number seven, and still in the race.
Tammy and Victor are now scouring the trail the coffin left in the overgrown grass and fallen leaves on the hill. An Amazing Cameraman zooms in on the surface, which does not display ideal conditions for a key hunt. Or maybe he's zooming in on the actual key and I just can't see it. Victor bemoans their bad luck until somehow, miraculously, he finds the key. Tammy tells him good job. They seem to get the coffin open pretty quickly, but go through quite a pile of frames before getting to the frame with the flag inside. Off they go to the Pit Stop in eighth place.