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
Brent has to lower himself into an awkward half-squat to get his tall head-load of simits through the door leading into the first shop. The owner unloads half of them, then stamps a piece of paper for the goat farmers in a pointless formality and sends them on their way to their next stop. Back on the street, they encounter Rob & Kelley, who also quickly find the first shop. Rob has to duck even further. "If I had to do this job every day I'd quit," Rob says as they also get stamped. But what about the aggressiveness he uses to overcome every obstacle that's put in his way?
The twins make it to the Roadblock, and after reading, "Who's ready to pour their heart out?" Nadiya says, "Natalie, because she's single. "What?" Natalie laughs at this non sequitur. But she starts getting dressed up, and as her sister tells her, "Get your sexy on, Natalie." Natalie asks for some makeup. So I guess she's into it.
Ryan says he's got fourteen of forty cups sold, but Lexi barely pauses to count her 22 sales thus far before going right back to hollering. She interviews that as a cheerleader, "you have to be upbeat the whole time. You have to attract a crowd. I was just being loud and obnoxious like I normally am." It seems to be working, as one guy offers her a lira in exchange for her just going away. Ryan, meanwhile, is struggling with selling until he finds a guy who's willing to help Ryan sell to his friends on a commission basis. "It was genius," Ryan overstates. Abba, meanwhile, is like a bumbling uncle with his granny glasses on and his plastic cups falling to the floor. Nadiya is of course cheering Natalie on from the sidelines, telling her to go to the guys. Which seems more like Lexi's target market.
Brent and Josh make it to their second shop, Tat Sofram, and drop off most of the rest of what's on Brent's tray. Apparently the third and final delivery will be for 120 simits, so they'll have to go back and pick up more. So it's clear to see how this Detour is faster. Or, I don't know, maybe they thought that going to a bathhouse on national TV would be bad for the gays. Rob & Kelley appear to be right behind them, and Rob yells at Kelley for help as he's struggling to lower his full tray. Going back with the empty tray back on his head, Kelley tells him to watch his step. "I'm good," he insists. This is, after all, a guy who's logged any number of miles traveling on top of wrecked automobiles.
Lexi happily sells her last cup of sherbet and cheers herself. "Now we just gotta find our way back." So the place must be even bigger than it looks. Ryan is still selling, but Abba is reduced to telling passersby, "It's for a good cause." Yes, the Two Aging Metal Guys Retirement Fund. Natalie gives a dude a hard sell but is only left wondering, "How can you say no? I'm working my ass off here." Lexi gets back to Trey and collects their clue in first place. Seeing this, Nadiya tells the camera that she's happy for them, as she thinks they deserve a first place win. "I'd rather Texas get it than Abbie and Ryan," she adds, unaware or uninterested that Abbie overheard her from behind. And those two teams were getting along so well, too.