Episode Report Card Miss Alli: A | 543 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Peru-ff beyond a reasonable doubt
By Miss Alli | Season 7 | Episode 1 | Aired on 2005.02.29
Commercials. Weird things were afoot with my TV during this commercial break, so there's not that much I can tell you. Except that, of course.
In Lima, the teams from the American flight make it out of the airport and onto a bus. Ron mentions that Lima reminds him of Baghdad, and I can honestly tell you that I really, really hope that's the last reference like that. Because I really don't want to hear about how every town reminds him of Baghdad. Not because it's not probably true, but because it's tacky. Susan says that life looks very different in Lima from what she's used to.
The teams start looking for someone who can tell them how to get to the Plaza de Armas. It is right along here that Bitter says, "The soldier runs like a girl." And M. Giant and Trash say, at precisely the same moment, "That's probably how he got caught." And then we all go to hell, so no one sees the rest of this episode at all. The end.
Not really. Anyway, running, running, running. The teams make it to Plaza de Armas, and they find a green clue box. When they rip it, it says that they have to take a bus to Ancon. Phil says that when they get to Ancon, they have to take a rickshaw to the beach known as Playa Hermosa. There, they'll find three piles of sand hiding airline tickets with the familiar first-episode thing where you get one of several possible departure times and it's all about looking for the best possible one. You know that game, right? Sure you do. Anyway, the departure times are 6:00 AM, 7:00 AM, and 7:40 AM, headed for Cusco, Peru. And once you dig up a ticket and claim it, you can't trade it in.
Lead teams start the bus hunt, and it turns out that Chuck and Ryan, bless their hearts, speak Spanish. Ray, on the other hand, is frustrated that no one speaks English so he can't communicate. Debbie and Bianca are traveling with Susan and Patrick, but Bianca says she thinks being allies is "way too difficult" with all the people involved. Bianca says again in an interview that Patrick reminds her of an old boyfriend, and that Susan is like a mom, so they're sort of working with them. Despite what she just said, I guess? Yeah, I don't know. "We hope this alliance lasts throughout the race," Bianca toothily grins. Apart, I guess, from where she just tried to end it. I'm so confused. That was a baffling editing job, if they just edited together the statements about how they wanted to keep the alliance with the one moment when they doubted it.