Episode Report Card M. Giant: B | 53 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Opposites Repel
By M. Giant | Season 24 | Episode 2 | Aired on 03.02.2014
After the ads, the cowboys have removed their hats and now await the stamps to their foreheads as though they're bullets, while Caroline & Jennifer are trying to hail a cab. Or Jennifer is, while Caroline calls out, "Hi, cowboys!" Jet & Cord end up getting the next cab, so they're no longer in last place -- but not by much, as they are unhappily aware.
Over at Edaytown, Margie is trying to work through distractions that include, as she interviews, the kids honking horns and hitting her with rubber toys and stuff. She's probably used to a quieter environment. Brendon's biggest distraction, on the other hand, is Rachel wanting babies of her own. "Brendon, Rachel wants a baby!" Mallory hollers from the waiting area. I'm sure I'm already on record as being opposed to those two reproducing.
Suddenly there's a Danny Elfman music sting as the camera zooms in dramatically on that little girl in the orange. She is currently leaning back with her elbows on the low padded wall of the kiddie racetrack, as she watches Flight Time appraisingly. He has to chase her away from his parts, but she keeps bugging him, pleasantly informing him, "I'm going to complain about you" and "You're swearing a lot" before scampering off with an evil cackle. Flight Time seems to understand what she's saying, as though he either knows Chinese or can read the subtitles. Nobody ever said you can't learn Mandarin in Harlem. Big Easy just finds this hilarious.
The cowboys finally show up at the Roadblock in ninth place, and Cord wonders if they should already be using the Express Pass. Despite being in a rotten enough mood to spout foul profanities like "son of a buck," Jet seems confident that he won't need it. Even Flight Time interviews that once the cowboys arrive at a task they can usually get through it quickly. Jet rushes over to the assembly area with a big box, saying you can go from first to last in a hurry. Yes, especially when you make a dumb move. On the bright side, both his and Cord's shirts look as though they just came off the ironing board, as always. I don't know how they do that.
Mark is burning through this task, his pile of parts rapidly diminishing. "Just like Baby Bear's soup," he says, I suppose meaning that it's just right. "It was just a few bolts here and a few bolts there," he modestly says, and calls over to the toy soldier for an inspection. The wheels turn and all the flashing lights flash, so he's done with this task in first place. "I put the spare key in the trunk, sir," he quips as he accepts their next clue. Mallory is overjoyed at how quickly this went, and Cord interviews that after he saw Mark walking through the play area with the car on his shoulder, he figures it was just going to be a question of who would win second place today because Team Kentucky has this in the bag. The other teams seem impressed too, as Mark & Mallory open their clue in first place. It tells them to take a taxi to Guangzhou Children's Cultural Center -- with their fully assembled car, even though it's obviously too big to fit into the trunk of a taxi. "We need a packing kit!" Mallory yells. We see her collecting bungee cords and protective cloths, and as Mark schleps the car to the exit, he reminds her to grab his backpack. His hands are full, you see. Soon they're outside, getting a taxi, and trying to get the car in the trunk as Mark tells the driver they have to be careful. "This is like gold," he says. Mallory points out that he doesn't understand English. Mallory should be paying attention to other things, as we will soon see.