Episode Report Card M. Giant: B | 140 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Smithing and Sewing
By M. Giant | Season 21 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2012.10.21
The Amazing Red Line cuts across the rest of Indonesia and the Indian Ocean via Singapore to Dhaka, where scenes of cobra tamers, terrifying traffic, passengers on the tops of trains, and people engaging in homey activities like cooking dinner six inches from a moving train are already stressing me out. Most of the teams emerge from the terminal onto the dirty, chaotic streets and immediately experience low-level panic at how hard it's going to be to get a cab. All, that is, except for Rob & Kelley, who stroll across the quiet, antiseptic interior of the air terminal to a taxi window, then walk calmly into a waiting van outside. "It's going to be fun trying to get around this place," Rob says. "No, it isn't, "says Kelley, already over it. But at least they're "Currently in 1st Place."
Of the teams who decided to hunt their cabs in the wild, Abbie and Ryan are the first to actually bag one. They describe it as Third World and comment on how aggressive the other motorists are, all of whom seem to be male. Natalie and Nadiya compare the scene to Third World Grand Theft Auto, "minus the nice cars. I thought we weren't saying "Third World" any more, at least since Kendra from TAR6? Jaymes & James, on the other hand, compare it to a symphony or a ballet. They must be Phillip Glass fans. James & Abba call their cab ride the best wooden roller coaster ever, and Josh & Brent say they're among their peeps when they spot a goat herder leading his charges down the road on leashes. Or maybe he's just a paid goat walker, walking other people's goats. Trey & Lexi's driver has to stop for gas -- natural gas, judging by the hoses he has to hook up under the hood -- and Lexi talks about being at the mercy of things you can't control, while Trey has again been struck mute. And Gary & Will's driver appears to be lost, although he claims it's a short cut. Will says something about the luck of the draw, and Gary rudely tells him to shut up. As for Rob & Kelley, their taxi van has taken them to the hospital landfill. But at least they didn't have to scramble for it.