Episode Report Card M. Giant: B | 44 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Fast Forward, Fall Back
By M. Giant | Season 23 | Episode 6 | Aired on 11.03.2013
Nicky's second attempt is deemed "…acceptable." Jamal clearly disagrees, or else he's just going to throw up for as Nicky hugs the choir director. She and Kim read their clue outside and find a taxi outside. After asking a driver if he knows how to get to Schloss Schönbrunn, which he does, they go around to the back of the station wagon taxi and see Jason & Amy's backpacks still inside. Knowing they can't touch those, they start to run off in search of another cab. But then Kim looks back and sees that Jason & Amy's driver, for reasons unknown, is taking their luggage out of the car for some reason. She suggests taking that cab now that it's technically empty, but Nicky would rather not "mess with that," so they don't. Plenty of cabs out on the street, so it's not worth the drama anyway. At least, not to most people.
"Don't laugh," Okie Tim says before his first attempt, but his singing makes Nicky sound like Renee Fleming. Even the other racers can't keep a straight face at his atonal bleating, except of course for Danny. He doesn't seem to think it's very funny at all. The director stops Tim less than two lines in and says, "I'm sorry, that's…terrible." All of us are sorry, herr direktor. All of us.
Back to work for Tim, and then Jamal makes a second attempt. His not entirely inaccurate but goofy performance cracks Leo up and no one else, which explains a lot about the two of them. The choir director calls it "very good," and for his trouble he gets picked up by the waist by Jamal and spun around before the Afghanimals take off with their clue in third place. Ex Tim takes a second crack at it, with his instructor conducting him from four feet away. "Oh my God, you did so good," Marie says -- and indeed, the director hands Tim his clue with a "bravo." They're in fourth place as Marie reads the clue in the hallway and then says, "All right, let's go steal somebody's cab." You know, I'm not a lawyer, but that seems kind of premeditated to me.
Amy begins singing, and while she's not exactly a star, at least she doesn't sound like she's performing Klingon opera either. Tim follows Marie out to Jason & Amy's cab, which is still parked there with Jason & Amy's their backpacks on the ground next to it. Is he airing them out or something? Tim tries to wave her away, but she insists, "If their bags aren't in it." Once inside, Marie briefs Tim on what their story's going to be: "Yes, the Afghanimals took their cab. We saw it happen." "When?" Tim asks cluelessly. Marie patiently explains that that's what they'll tell everyone. "If their bags aren't in it, it's fair game," she smugs. Of course, everyone will hate her, but it's not like that's been a concern for her before now.