Episode Report Card M. Giant: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Look Back in Angkor. Wat?
By M. Giant | Season 13 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.26.2008
Terence and Sarah are off to the Pit Stop, while Ken admits that he should have taken this one, now that two other teams have been in and out since they've arrived. "How did everybody else get it and not me?" Tina is wondering.
Now arriving at Angkor Wat: Team Divorced, while Ken and Tina experience mounting frustration. After the ads, she finally finds her way back, thumps her chest, and picks up the next clue. "Oh, Tina, you're an idiot," she berates herself. But she's only halfway finished: "I don't even know how I came in." Inside the temple, Christy has found a guide to show her the room, and probably would have run right through it as well had her guide not reeled her back in. In fact, she finds her way out before Tina does, and both teams are off in their tuk-tuks with Team Divorced in the lead. Wow, that's got to smart.
The Siblings are arriving at Bayon Temple, an open-air location that's a confusing maze of stone walls, stairways, and flagstoned courtyards. One of these courtyards contains Phil, standing in front of the mat next to a wizened little white-robed monk. "Welcome to Cambodia," the monk sings, and Phil tells them they're team number one. And they've won a trip for two to St. John, which will include a "sunset champagne sail by catamaran." During which they can either make out, or not. Nick interviews that it reminded him of how they won the first leg. "It wasn't just a fluke; Starr and I are a team to be reckoned with." And all the wins so far have gone to one of two teams. I might point out that at the end of both of the legs they won, the Siblings were wearing their baseball caps with their last name, "Spangler," embroidered on them in Gothic text. So it might be to another team's advantage to steal them. Or at least push them off a ledge.
The Frat Boys arrive at Angkor Wat, and are appropriately awed: "It's the original Playboy Mansion," Andrew says. Classy. Andrew is decided as having the best sense of direction. At least this time he'll be too far away to hear Dan's endless bitching. Ty and Aja are still going strong, him telling her that it's their destiny to win the race. Meanwhile, Andrew is just starting to get an idea of the scale of this place. "Holy crap, this place is so frickin' huge," he breathes. His level of spiritual inspiration is duly noted. Now where's the Grotto?