Episode Report Card Miss Alli: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Personal Dynamics A-Go-Go
By Miss Alli | Season 1 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.02.2001
Frank tells us that everyone else is afraid. He can see it in their eyes. SHUT UP, Loud Pushy Frank. (DRINK!)
Dirt-beige-filtered shot of Tunisia. Phil explains again about the red-capped guy they have to find at the mini-Arc now that they're getting off the boat. The teams disembark, running for transportation. Once in a cab, Margaretta shows us the mysterious man's picture again, referring to him as "the dude." Hee! A couple of cabs nearly collide, and Amie actually looks like she's enjoying herself. Will wonders never cease? Karyn encourages her driver not to commit vehicular manslaughter -- something you'd think all teams would agree on, but we'll find out later that not all of them do. For what feels to my weary brain like the five hundredth time, Bill sits in the front seat of his cab, pumps his fist, and sings "Yeeesss!" I'm too tired to tell Bill to shut up. I need to pace myself and conserve my energy for future efforts in this area.
Mini-Arc. Drew tries to figure out what he owes the cab driver, and Nancy almost knocks herself over putting on her backpack. Team Ensure runs. Paul and Amie are almost flattened by Drew (now that would be serious comedy). Bill, up ahead of his cameraman, spots Frank and Margarita and calls back over his shoulder to urge said cameraman, and presumably Joe, to "keep running." Margarita runs smack into a lady and apologizes profusely in French. The lady undoubtedly makes a note to sue CBS, and name Dan Rather personally. "C'mon, Mom!" Emily calls. Lots of running.
Phil explains that when they get to the mini-Arc, the teams get a clue giving them a choice of two tasks. When I see that the first one says, "Full Body Brew," I'm thinking I'd take that one. But then it turns out to be a coffee shop. Ah. Not the brew I had in mind. Anyway, they tempt me to change my mind again when the other option turns out to be "Full Body Massage." Both options involve finding the right location, with the help of a map, in a crowded, busy marketplace. The problem with the massage, of course, is that you actually have to lie down and get the massage itself, which could be time-consuming. Although, hey -- you get a massage, so what's not to like?
Karyn gives us another view of her fatal weakness in this game as she asks Lenny to tell her which option they're taking. (If he chooses the wrong one, we now know, she will berate him forever.) Amie, weighing the options, mentions that she "could really use a massage right now." God, couldn't we all? Seriously, wouldn't it be great, in light of the tensions of the last month, if we all just gave a backrub to the person to our left? It would be like Hands Across America, only with backrubs. Let's do it right now! Look, see the guy to your left? Go give him a backrub! What? Well, what does he smell like exactly? Oh, that's probably nothing. Don't be a baby. Oh, fine. If you insist, give it to the person on your right instead. What do you mean, your right or my right? Your right, of course! I just said your right! My right would be your left, and you already said you wouldn't touch that guy because he smells like salami and feet! Damn it, give me a backrub and don't spoil the mood!
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