Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | 129 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Istanbul, Not Constantinople
By M. Giant | Season 21 | Episode 6 | Aired on 2012.11.04
Abba's done selling, and Natalie seems to be making some progress at last. But James is too, for the Chippendales. Team Metal reads their Pit Stop clue in third place and they get out of there with James carrying both backpacks. What, is Abba's back coming apart now too?
Now Josh & Brent each have a tray on their heads as they make their way up a long, steep staircase to their last stop, Senkagit Pazari. They get their goods delivered and their papers stamped, and on the way out, Brent says, "We're old heads at this now." Josh just groans at that, along with the rest of the world. They pass the monster truckers on their way back to the bakery, where they return their trays, collect their clue, and get out of there in sixth place, having dropped from third leaving the Asian ferry terminal. They're really running this leg so poorly that the only way they'll survive is if someone else runs it worse.
Natalie counts her lira and finds that she's only three short, while James gratefully accepts some tips from a local on proper pot-carrying technique. Rob & Kelley get their clue to the Roadblock in last place, and Natalie sells her last cup of Turkish sherbet. Jaymes is hollering at James from the sidelines, "We gotta go! We gotta go! We're the only ones left!" Well, not exactly.
At the Pit Stop, Phil stands near the docked yacht in front of a loud marching band, whose red-clad, fabulously-mustached bandleader is serving as the greeter. "Merhaba (Hello.)," he says, in this week's first language lesson, and welcomes Trey and Lexi to Istanbul. Phil tells them they're team number one, and have won a trip to Australia. Lexi says they were due a first-place finish and that today was incredible. Trey ads that they've never been out of the country before, "but we proved a lot of people wrong, I think." Yes, we never thought you'd keep money that you knew belonged to someone else, but now we know better.
Abbie and Ryan arrive in second place after Team Austin has left, and they both look happy. Ryan appears to have made that attitude adjustment Abbie wanted last week.