Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | 38 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT They Are The Egg Men
By M. Giant | Season 23 | Episode 10 | Aired on 12.01.2013
Leo & Jamal get to the waterfall parking lot at last, and while Leo thinks they might as well enjoy the view of the waterfalls, Jamal tells him to finish strong. They finally show up in front of a grim-faced Phil, who tells them that for the first time in the race, they're the last team to arrive. "What happened?" he asks. Translation: it is indeed a non-elimination leg. They cop to wasting hours on the Detour, and Phil remarks on all the lives they've used. They've certainly used up more of my one life than I would have liked. But then he tells them they have one more, because this is -- shocker -- a non-elimination leg. "The Afghanimals are still in this race," Phil says, managing to not seem too unhappy about it. Their legs are shaking as Phil warns them about the Speed Bump they'll be facing in the next leg. Jamal says they went from first to worst, and are hoping to go from worst to first next leg. "As the Globetrotters said," Leo adds, hearkening back to another team that never won The Amazing Race. In the final interview, he says they're going to finish first. I'm actually worried for a moment that they might be right, until we hear that one soothing, magic word: "Guaranteed." And suddenly, everything's going to be all right.
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