Episode Report Card Miss Alli: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT How egg-stremely satisfying
By Miss Alli | Season 5 | Episode 7 | Aired on 08.16.2004
At the Roadblock, Colin finally manages to get a full bowl of egg over to the pan to cook. "You'll be fine; it's just a big scrambled egg," Christie says. They note the approach of Chip and Kim. As soon as they read the clue, Kim's like, "Yeah, that's you," and Chip says, "The Chipper? Yeah." Hee. "The Chipper." He pours the egg into the bowl on the first try, which you can tell really irritates the crap out of Colin, as do most things. Colin puts a hand on his head and goes back to stirring his eggs really hard. It's a very funny moment. I've never really seen a guy do anything I would call "infuriated stirring" before, but there it is. Kim tells Colin she thinks his eggs look done, and he says, "Yeah, I want it cooked more." "Colin, there's teams behind us," Christie says impatiently. "There are?" he asks. Now, I assume he's being sarcastic, but he didn't do the delivery very well if he was. I almost think he was wondering whether she was seeing other teams coming.
Speaking of other teams, KamiKarli get their chairs delivered and pick up their receipt. Linda and Karen do, too, and their locals seem to help them find a convenient route to where they're going. Brandon and Nicole are still dragging a little, and Linda and Karen actually get their chairs delivered before Brandon and Nikki do. KamiKarli return their receipt and get the Roadblock clue, as Brandon and Nicole finally deliver their chairs. At this point, it looks like they're close to a tie with Mirna and Charla, who are just arriving at their delivery destination. Linda and Karen return their receipt, followed by Brandon and Nicole, and both teams head for the Roadblock.
Chip sits down to eat. And what does he do before he eats? Well, he says grace. And in this case, "grace" is just the right term, too. It also occurs to me that his thanking God for the nourishment of the egg, even if it is a Roadblock, eases a little bit the discomfort of having these teams gorge themselves on unnecessary food in an area that doesn't exactly look like the locals are rolling in dough. Colin finally puts his eggs into the bowl as Chip starts to eat. Chip voices over that he was "the Michael Jordan" of the caviar task, but that this was harder, because he couldn't just put the eggs in his mouth and wash them down -- he had to chew them, too. Colin starts to eat, and complains that the eggs stick to his throat. Mm-hmm. But, of course, if you have the motivation to do it, you're going to get it done, right? Right? Sure, you are. It's mind over matter, ya sissy! Colin decides, however, that the problem is that it's not cooked enough. And if you've ever cooked scrambled eggs, you know that Colin's eggs are plenty done -- they look nearly dry to me. He insists he will eat it immediately with no problem if he can just get the eggs more cooked, so he actually puts them back into the pan. Ohhh, bad move. Scrambled eggs are actually pretty delicate. You don't want them twice-cooked.