Episode Report Card 27 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Finished to a Tea
By M. Giant | Season 23 | Episode 10 | Aired on 12.01.2013
Teams have to start off their second leg in Indonesia by eating cobra. There's a lot of speculation about whether the notoriously picky Marie will be able to do it, but first there's the question of whether she and Tim can even find the place. They don't get there until the other teams have already finished, though Leo & Jamal tell the other teams that the exes have been and gone, lying for no good reason as usual. And Marie manages to power through like everyone else did.
From there, the teams have to venture to a volcanic crater for a road block. Travis, Jason, and Jamal carry dozens of eggs down a rugged motorcycle trail, where they have to hard-boil the cackleberries in scalding natural springs. Alas, none of them leave them in long enough, and have to go back to do it again in a time-consuming process. Also, Travis endorses lying to Marie about how long the boiling takes, so apparently dishonesty is okay when it benefits him. Not that it matters, because Marie ends up being the only one to do it right one the first try, which means she and Tim make up a fair amount of time going into the Detour.
That ends up being a choice between searching an expansive tea field for a pair of clipper-handles sticking out of the leaves, or applying elaborate makeup to each other in the style of a traditional Javanese bride. Everyone but the Afghanimals opts for the latter task, in which Amy's pageant experience comes in handy. Sure enough, she and Jason handily win the leg, making up for some of his humiliation. Nicole continues to be her team's LVP, repeatedly smudging Travis's makeup and letting Tim & Marie finish before them. In a reversal-filled taxi and footrace to the mat, Tim & Marie barely edge out the ER docs.
As for the Afghanimals, they have their worst Detour ever. Initially choosing the tea task, they give up on that once they fully apprehend the enormity of it. But when they arrive at the makeup task and realize how hard it's going to be -- not to mention the fact that they'll have to shave -- they return to the tea fields yet again. Where they spend hours before finally locating a pair of clippers and making it to the mat in last place. But it's a non-elimination leg, as everyone probably knew. Including them.