Episode Report Card Miss Alli: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Finland, Finland, Finland
By Miss Alli | Season 10 | Episode 9 | Aired on 11.11.2006
The *lyns and *wins are arriving at the station. Rob and Kim are learning that the next train is one hour later, so that's the time they lost by missing that train. These three backbencher teams will all be on the next train together.
On the train, James is checking in with someone who knows the area, who explains that when they get in the car, they just need to look for the signs to Helsinki, because Lohja is on the way there. Dustin and Kandice, meanwhile, are studying a map and planning their route.
And then, back at the train station, accompanied by very heavy music of suspense, the *lyns and *wins are getting on the same train as the disappointed Pointies. (Hey, that's the name of my band! No stealing!) On their train, the *wins happen to run into a guy who works for at least some mining company, so he's packed with information about finding the mine in Lohja. The *wins bow extravagantly. A lady on the train is like, "Hmm, that's entertaining. And I hope they're getting off at the next stop."
The BQs and A(AM!)s get off the train at Turku. They find their way to some very handsome silver cars, and they get going. On the way to Lohja, the boys conclude that the girls are "just following" them. "They're crafty little girls," James observes. Now, now. You never want your names for them to be too patronizing, lest they kick your ass.
On the train, Kimberly is getting directions to Lohja from a guy who's being very helpful, drawing her a map and everything. As they head back, they pass the *lyns and *wins, and I think Lyn tries to ask the Pointies a question, and I don't think they even realize she's talking to them, and so now everybody thinks everybody else is rude. Say it with me: They didn't like us first! When they're gone, Godwin snarks about "the cold air" Rob and Kimberly left, while back in his seat, Rob says that the *wins and *lyns are "bugging" him. Lyn tells the entire car she's riding in that "those are not our friends." Oh, boy. I'm sure everyone cares. Kimberly interviews that the *lyns are "racing with a chip on their shoulder." Rob says that the *lyns "judged us right from the get-go." (Translation: they didn't like us first!) He and Kim believe that it was that attitude that set the tone. Got it? Through almost all of this nonsense running in all directions, nobody actually has said they don't like anybody else -- they've said that those "anybody else" acted like they didn't like them. Sigh. "No party train with them," Karlyn mutters. Somehow, "party train" and "Karlyn" don't really go together naturally in my particular mind. I would venture to say I would not invite her on my party train until I've seen her be happy at least a few times, because a mopey party train is no one's friend.