Episode Report Card M. Giant: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Hell in High Water
By M. Giant | Season 15 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.25.2009
Gary and Matt reach the marina, now in third place as a result of once more benefiting from other teams' directional misfortunes. Gary tries to get his dinghy moving. He's even worse at it than Brian was, which is surprising. Doesn't he have some experience from home that relates to this? He's never been to any of Montana's yacht clubs? He ends up pivoting his boat helplessly in the water until he gives up on the orthodox method entirely, rolling over to lie face-down in the bow so he can paddle with one oar. "I'm a canoer, not a rowboater," he tells us. If this is how he rows a canoe, he's only half right.
Meghan and Cheyne are pulling up to Abra Station, and Cheyne sees the clue box. "No you don't," Meghan says, which is a whole level beyond saying she can't see it. She has the grace to look embarrassed when she spots it herself, though. The envelope contains a Detour. No it doesn't! Okay, it does.
"To the naked eye," Phil narrates over more skyscraper porn, "Dubai is the epitome of the modern world. But in this ancient market," he continues as the view transitions to an older wooden structure, which may date as far back as the 1980s, "teams must choose between two materials that have been around as long as mankind itself. The choice: 'Gold' or 'Glass.'" For Gold, the teams have to find a jewelry store (which looks about as ancient as Lady Gaga's career) and use a scale to weigh out exactly five hundred thousand dollars in gold. The good news is that they'll be able to see a giant flatscreen monitor that tells them, among other things, the current gold exchange rate. The bad news is that the rate changes in real time, so there's no time for lollygagging. The worse news is that it calls for division, which will prove to be entirely beyond the capabilities of at least one team. In Glass, the teams have to find a spice market and tear open one of the giant crates, which are filled with packing straw and all the pieces for twelve glass hookahs. Phil makes sure to tell us they'll need to use all the pieces, and the only instructions they'll have are three hookahs that are set out for reference. When all twelve are correctly assembled, they get their next clue. Meghan and Cheyne are doing Glass, calling the exchange rate "confusing" and Cheyne adding that "my ass is on fire." I'm not sure that second fact is relevant, but it's not something you leave out of a recap. They'll even get to take a water taxi to the next spot. Cheyne marvels at the old and new Dubai on opposite banks of the waterway, while Meghan waves at some locals on a passing boat. Some of them wave back, which is probably good for her fragile peace of mind.
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