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
Speaking of tiring things, Brandon & Adam are discovering that this rock-pounding is going to quickly wear them out, as the Afghanimals and the Ice Queens show up in a single noisy unit and join them. Nicole & Travis are still riding their bikes, anticipating being passed at any time by either Chester & Ephraim or Jason & Amy, who are riding along behind them. Part of the problem turns out to be that Nicole has her bike in the wrong gear, and she ends up grinding to a full stop on an uphill slope. Luckily for her, the NFL guys give her tips on gear-shifting as they roll on past. Travis gratefully wishes them good luck and encourages Nicole on. Amy's falling behind Jason, while Nicole continues to struggle and actually falls off her bike. "Switch bikes, aw man," Travis is heard saying as Nicole's handlebar-cam crashes into the dirt. This show is starting to encroach on Mythbusters territory, what with its recurring examples of how sometimes people forget how to ride a bike.
After the ads, the ER docs do indeed switch bikes (which I don't see helping), as we hear them interviewing that this was frustrating for Travis, who rides bikes a lot more. That explains why she had to get tips from another team. Jason and Amy pass them, Amy still having some trouble until they get over the rise. Nicole begs Travis for help as they ride along together, not that there's much he can do; attempting to help push her with one arm just sends her swerving out of reach. "Just because you turn 40 today doesn't mean you're supposed to be an old lady," Travis says. Yes, very helpful.
Chester & Ephraim arrive at the Detour sign, and Jason makes another bid to convince Amy to do Brining. "You can float in the water pretty easily," he says. Is he accusing her of having fake boobs or high body fat? Because neither of those is terribly flattering. Soon, Team NFL joins the others at the Mining Detour and Brandon takes one look at them and says, "That guy's just gonna bite it in half." Chester laughs good-naturedly rather than biting Brandon in half. Meanwhile, Ally & Ashley are already talking about switching tasks, as they've barely scratched the surface of their boulder. Like, literally. By the time Travis & Nicole are parking their bikes, the blondes have made the decision to switch Detours. At least they did that part efficiently.
But Jason & Amy are the first to reach the Brining Detour, where they're glad to see that the large tubs are already filled with water and will require only (or, more accurately, "only") the addition of enough salt to make them sufficiently buoyant that they can read a newspaper. But they decide to change clothes first, even though Phil Tweeted that there were no wardrobe requirements stated in the clue. As Amy puts it in an interview, "I got in my swimsuit… Jason decided to go another route." Going with some spandex shorts, looks like. They soon discover that this task has its own physical demands as well; namely, the salt comes in 25-kilogram sacks that are in high stacks maybe thirty yards from the tubs, and the racers are going to have to carry them. Jason loads up one on one arm and two on the other, while Amy loads one across her shoulders, so technically they're averaging two bags each. Jason interviews about the difficulty of being barefooted while carrying 60-pound bags of salt. (Actually, 25 kg is "only" 55 pounds, and nobody told him to take his shoes off, but whatever). As they start dumping in their first load, Jason tells Amy to hop on in and start stirring. The ER docs are also loading up their bags, and the blondes are of course carrying one bag at a time that according to Ally is still "really stinking heavy," especially when barefoot. Again, no rule against shoes here. Meanwhile, Amy has just made an unpleasant discovery about the water in the tubs: it's cold. What, no heat pumps out here in the salt mines?
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