Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | 58 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Zip It, Bingo
By M. Giant | Season 23 | Episode 2 | Aired on 10.06.2013
Meanwhile, other teams are in the back, getting their clue from some guy in a windbreaker who might be the harbormaster. In a split screen, Team NFL, the exes, the ER docs and Team Bingo recite the phrase to the officer and get their clue despite the fact that some of them are clearly saying completely different things. Like, did I hear "open the ship?" The hell?
Brandon & Adam are already arriving at the salt mine, which looks like a deep, wide, open pit in the middle of the desert. Which is good, because who would want to go down into a deep tunnel with Chileans in this decade? The blondes are right behind them and after a short but futile footrace to the clue box, they open an envelope for a Detour. Phil narrates, "This Detour requires teams to ride bikes into the Tarapacá Salt Flat, with the world's largest supply of sodium chloride -- salt [he adds while trickling some onto the ground between his fingers] -- where they must choose between Mining or Brining." I'm quickly falling behind schedule on this recap, because every time I look at that sentence I have to take a walk. For the Brining half of the Detour, the teams will have to pour enough bags of salt into one of ten above-ground wooden tubs to allow them to float in the water while reading the local paper. Sounds pretty relaxing, actually, as long as you don't have any hangnails. For Mining, the racers will have to break open salt boulders (provided) until they find one with a tightly rolled clue cylinder stashed inside. Kudos to the race producers for locating one of those rare geological phenomena where naturally-occurring clues formed inside stone millions of years ago. Brandon & Adam opt for Mining, as do the blondes. "We do look good in bathing suits," Adam interviews, "but we're much better and quicker at smashing stuff." I bet he's half right. They get on their bikes, which is an aspect of the Detour that Ally & Ashley are not so confident about, and start extending their lead along what is clearly a washboard-style dirt path down into the mining pit. You can tell it's bumpy by how they go "A~~a~~a~~h."
The Afghanimals are the next to arrive at the Detour clue box, and Jamal is theatrically annoyed by Leo's summary decision to do Mining before he, Jamal, has finished reading the clue. "We're not really that much water creatures so we said let's go ahead and stay away from that," they interview. They get on their bikes and start hollering down the path. They'd better hope that they don't run into a challenge that calls for stealth.
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