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
Up ahead, the A(AM!)s pass the BQs. Tyler says that the BQs are "number one on [their] list of who needs to go." For her part, Kandice thinks it's the boys who should go. Nyah! These two teams arrive at the Kappeli café at approximately the same time, and they run inside. Inside, they fire up AOL (wooooo!), and then both teams sign on. And then that guy who's been saying "You've Got Mail" for years says "You've Got Mail." I swear, you'd have to be a voice-mail operator to have your voice heard one-tenth as much as that guy. The first thing James and Tyler see on the screen is Tyler's mom in a little video. They smile and laugh as Mom greets them. Tyler tells us that he and his mom get along much better now that he's no longer on drugs. I can see how that might happen. James's two sisters listlessly address the camera. They do not seem happy to be there. He does not mention whether they are glad he's no longer on drugs. Meanwhile, at the BQ table, there's Kandice's mom! Dustin's entire family sends her good thoughts. She appears to be the only "blonde." Huh, go figure.
The *wins arrive at the café next. As they sit down, we see that the lead teams' family members are informing them that they'll get their next clue from the owner of the café. A heavily cut up quote says, "America Online, thank -- you -- very -- much." Gosh. Convincing! It's just like it came out of a mouth that way. The A(AM!)s and BQs leave simultaneously after grabbing the clue from the owner. The clue they receive tells them to travel 125 miles by taxi and train to a school called Soppeenharjun Koulu (also known as "Soupy" for the purposes of this recap, because I've already been through one round of weird wrist tendon issues this fall, and I'm not going there again). There, they'll follow a marked path and search the grounds for a clue. Because they have to start with a train, they run out and start asking for the train station. The BQs get directions, and the A(AM!)s follow.
Erwin's girlfriend hopes he's having fun. Godwin only gets his mom and sister. No nookie for Godwin, apparently, which is mildly surprising, because I would think of him as the more conventionally good-looking. They grab their clue from the owner. The *lyns are on the way into the café as the *wins leave and decide to just head for the main street rather than getting specific directions. Meanwhile, the *lyns sign on to the computer. The Pointies are close behind.
You will not be surprised to learn that this is the opportunity for us to see the *lyns' adorable children, who are legitimately adorable, talk about how much they miss their moms. The kids aren't even identified as to who is whose, except that they're all "Lyn and Karlyn's Kids." I kind of wish I knew who went with who. Of course, Lyn and Karlyn fall into a million blubbering pieces. I certainly can give more of a pass for that to people with kids than to other people, but... still, you know? You didn't have to go. Still sniffling, they retrieve and open their clue. Lyn says that it was great to see her kids because she misses them, but that it made it worse, because... she misses them. Heh. Oh, it does exactly have a way of working out that way. Karlyn was just really glad to see them.