Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | 1 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Istanbul, Not Constantinople
By M. Giant | Season 21 | Episode 6 | Aired on 11.04.2012
"Europe, Asia, Europe, Asia," Jaymes says on the ferry in the middle of the Bosporus, pointing between the continents. Good thing there isn't customs on each side. They quickly find the clue box on the other side and get in a cab, completely ignorant of their ranking. "Just look at the bottom of the screen right now," Jaymes says, pointing at the obliging subtitle saying "Jaymes & James, Currently in 6th Place." Okay, heh.
Rob & Kelly finally get off the train and find the clue at the Ferry Terminal. "Lots of them gone," Kelley says quietly, but stops short of accusing Rob of making the wrong call as they board their ferry.
Josh & Brent are rushing to finish their ice cream cones, and then they show off their clean mouths to the vendor, who I'm sure has no idea what their deal is. He's going to go home tonight and tell his family, "So guess what Americans have started doing now?" Oblivious to their mistake, Josh & Brent head back to Shop 14, where that vendor tells them, "You didn't pass the exam." That's a nice way of making it sound harder than it was. The stunned goat farmers take another look at their clue, which they now see is sending them to "the marked Maras," a Maras being an ice cream stand. So now they have to go find that one. As they should have done in the first place.
Team Grabbie runs into Team Austin while searching for the bathhouse, and they end up finding it and going in just ahead of Team Metal and the twins, one of whom helpfully tells the other, "Go in, you idiot." Inside, it's a beautiful, restful environment, with five guys and seven women waiting to look after them, and Lexi bleating that this is supposed to be one of the thousand things you're supposed to do before you die. I'm sure The Amazing Race has covered a few of those over the last decade. Ryan just says, "I better not get a dude." He gets a dude. They all pick out attendants, get changed, and proceed into the bathroom, where they sit down at their stations and wait to be taken care of. "I feel very Bacchanalian right now," Abba says, chuckling nervously that he's never been in this situation before. Everyone's enjoying having the last two legs' worth of Bangladesh being washed off of them. "You gotta give me your number, dude," Ryan tells the guy who's currently doing his feet for him. Look who suddenly got all open-minded.
Rob & Kelley get to their clue box on the Asian side and get in a cab, currently in last place. By a lot, I'm thinking.