Episode Report Card Miss Alli: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Camel Kicks And Milk
By Miss Alli | Season 12 | Episode 3 | Aired on 11.17.2007
5:21 AM. It's light now, and Kynt and Vyxsin are the first team to rip their clue in natural light. They probably have to hide now. Something about Kynt's southern, drawly pronunciation of "oo-ga-doo-goooooo" has a certain charm. And it suits the drawl, too. I mean, change the spelling a little, and you can almost believe there would be an Oogadoogoo, Mississippi, right? Vyxsin interviews, as they're leaving, that she tends to take on some roles that might traditionally be masculine; he adds that this includes holding doors for him. Ladies do hold doors open from time to time, you know. Sometimes we pay for dinner! The hoops in our petticoats are smaller than ever! It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world. Vyxsin announces that Kynt brings out her "chivalrous side," which is a little funny. It's weird how these two feel obligated to explain the apparently confusing facts that (1) they're dating; but (2) she opens doors for him, but nobody else ever feels obligated to explain the apparently confusing facts that (1) they're dating; but (2) they treat each other like shit.
Teams begin to arrive at the airport, and I think that Jason and Lorena are just checking the Arr/Dep board to see if they can find Ouagadougou without even having any idea where it is, as if Amsterdam should logically have a direct flight to every city in the world that's scheduled to leave within a couple of hours. That seems like a strategy very unlikely to result in success. Nate and Jen and Shana and Jennifer show up, and they all agree that they'd really better find the internet and figure out, like, maybe what continent Ouagadougou's on.
5:22 AM. Azaria and Hendekea. They know enough to think Ouagadougou is in Africa, and Hendekea enthusiastically cab-talks that they're from Ethiopia, so she feels like they'll be comfortable. Anywhere on the continent, I guess? I grew up in Philadelphia, and I feel like a space alien in many parts of this country, so...I'm not so sure. That might be me, though. "Cradle of civilization!" Azaria adds. Ehh, I...think there are a lot of places that could legitimately make "cradle of civilization" claims. It's best not to go there, I think.
The clump of dislike-worthy teams in the lead (an all-too-common phenomenon) -- made up of Nate and Jen, Shana and Jennifer, and Jason and Lorena -- figures out (using the power of the internet! Also good for Scrabble and figuring out who played the lead in Pet Sematary!) that Ouagadougou is in Burkina Faso, so at least they have some clue as to what's going on now. They learn that there's a flight through Paris on Air France. Not a lot of options to get to Ouagadougou, it seems.